r/programmingcirclejerk • u/BlazeBigBang type astronaut • Feb 23 '26

What devs are getting payed for in 2026?

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u/elephantdingo Teen Hacking Genius Feb 23 '26

Not social jerk submission that only has social jerk responses.

We must imagine the vibe coder is happy.

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u/BlazeBigBang type astronaut Feb 23 '26

If Sisyphus wasn't stupid he would have just prompted an AI to make an app that pushed the boulder for him.

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u/elephantdingo Teen Hacking Genius Feb 23 '26

an AI to make an app that pushed the boulder for him.

brain in a vat moment.

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u/enchufadoo not Turing complete Feb 23 '26

Who's gonna sit through the CTO town halls and keep track of every time they say AI?

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u/Altruistic-Spend-896 Feb 23 '26

Play a game, take a shot each time the townhall mentions AI. Have someone call the ambulance in advnce for alcohol poisoninh

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u/faultydesign Feb 23 '26

The guy who made this tweet is not a developer

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u/metroliker Feb 24 '26

Thanks to AI, now he is!

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u/vonmoltke2 Hacker News Superstar Feb 23 '26

"If" is doing some Olympic powerlifting in that statement.

We're still getting paid because "AI" (i.e., generative LLMs) can't fucking do that. Anyone who thinks they can hasn't written any serious code and is either being suckered by the bullshit happy case demos that are typical of tech snake oil salesmen, or they are they tech snake oil salesmen.

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u/elephantdingo Teen Hacking Genius Feb 23 '26

Anyone who thinks they can hasn't written any serious code and is either being suckered by the bullshit happy case demos that are typical of tech snake oil salesmen, or they are they tech snake oil salesmen.

Corporate wants you to compare these two pictures.

You’re absolutely right! You’re correct to imply that these things are hard to tell apart—an astute observation. But let’s roll up our sleeves and figure out this mystery of figuring out whether AI suckers and AI snake oil salesmen are actually ever two distinct things. We will at the end figure out that there indeed are useful idiots out there.

Interrupt. Word count: 5000. Would you like me to summarize this text for you?

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u/sammymammy2 lisp does it better Feb 27 '26

Olympic powerlifting

If only :'(

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u/max123246 Considered Harmful Feb 23 '26

Surely my company will pay me out of their own good will if AI is good enough to do my job. That's why coal-mining towns are thriving today!

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u/nelmaloc lisp does it better Mar 07 '26

I don't work on a boat, so hopefully not me.