Got this comment via text message directly from a longtime friend who's not on X and it was too good not to share:
"Insightful and aligns with my current experience too. I finally got over my trust issues once Fable came out. I review plans now to ensure correct architecture
Your job may be surviving on inertia. Your resentment won’t extend the runway. What do you actually want to do with the intelligence now at your disposal?
Almost 2 million views when I'm quoting this post. It definitely hit a nerve.
Coincidentally, a close friend told me almost exactly the same thing last night. Staff engineer. Six Claude sessions open. Despairing that he “doesn’t know how to do his job anymore.”
We had an
I am done with this shit. It is over. The state of engineering right now is horrible. It has been half a month since I started a new role at a big company. Nobody knows anything here. The specs, code, tests, PRDs, tickets, resolution of those tickets, reports, etc., everything is
Your job may be surviving on inertia. Your resentment won’t extend the runway. What do you actually want to do with the intelligence now at your disposal?