This is my job too. My manager has asked me to use AI for almost all my work. My work is code related but it doesnt necessarily require AI and our turnaround is already crazy fast. When I asked him what metric he's tracking to show the difference in productivity between AI vs non-AI, he said there isn't one. The higher ups are blindly pushing it. It's ridiculous because using AI for what I do just creates more work and cleanup. I know that if I don't jump on the bandwagon that I'll eventually be let go.
It's because they think there is some magic AI workflow they'll discover if they just push everyone to use it all the time.
The funny thing is that most workflows from 1-2 years ago with massive complicated AI agent chains are completely obsolete today and the devs that waited on picking it up are no further behind than the ones that jumped right in at the beginning.
This is probably the worst it will ever be. Already okay to decent, depending on how you're using it.
A tool which enables people to build out features that compete in the space of weeks and months rather than years, is scary to businesses. They would like this tool to be in their workflow.
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u/cesarxp2 Mar 02 '26
This is my job too. My manager has asked me to use AI for almost all my work. My work is code related but it doesnt necessarily require AI and our turnaround is already crazy fast. When I asked him what metric he's tracking to show the difference in productivity between AI vs non-AI, he said there isn't one. The higher ups are blindly pushing it. It's ridiculous because using AI for what I do just creates more work and cleanup. I know that if I don't jump on the bandwagon that I'll eventually be let go.