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Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

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Re: Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

#101

Post by witx »

DonHopkins wrote: post #90
witx wrote: post #33

My current company, even though slower than the industry, has started pushing AI-first for everything. Funny that as soon they announced it they started losing senior developers and most teams are now composed mostly of juniors + 1 senior.This on safety-critical adjacent products. Burnout and bugs are rampant. As a counter measure they are increasing salaries of the seniors but with low adherence. I'm currently looki…

I miss my PHP Hammer. https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-php-singularity/

Perhaps Im a bit too dense the follow the analogy

Re: Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

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Post by agent531c »

I'm thinking of quitting in January and moving to New Zealand (already have a visa) for a year then Ireland for a year.

Im definitely afraid of the state of the industry after 2 years of contracting work and breaking back in at my current salary (160k) since my goal is to retire early. The opportunity cost of a life well lived vs preparing myself to live a better life in 20+ years is a really difficult decision to make

Re: Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

#103

Post by witx »

QuiEgo wrote: post #100
witx wrote: post #33

My current company, even though slower than the industry, has started pushing AI-first for everything. Funny that as soon they announced it they started losing senior developers and most teams are now composed mostly of juniors + 1 senior.This on safety-critical adjacent products. Burnout and bugs are rampant. As a counter measure they are increasing salaries of the seniors but with low adherence. I'm currently looki…

Wait a few months and you'll probably be okay. The first trend of AI was "use as much as you can! You must use AI!!!". Hence the rise of tokenmaxxing leaderboards and KPIs on token use. The second wave, happening right now, is "use it, but control cost". All the cool kid CEOs are now talking cost-control, rate limiting, and metering. If your management is a "follower" they are bound to hop on the trend.

Don't really want to wait. My company progressing forward with it despite the engineers' feedback is a clear signal I don't want to be here

Re: Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

#104

Post by QuiEgo »

schnevets wrote: post #91
tomaytotomato wrote: post #7

There's always been absurdity though, right? These are some I can think of or have witnessed since starting my dev career in 2010: - 4GL business languages making developers redundant - Big data - Cloud computing - DevOps - LLMs For those about to quit, I salute you.

I think the fad that most closely aligned with current AI absurdity was mid-2000s outsourcing.

I feel like it was the dot com boom. :s/"Make everything online"/"Make everything use AI"/g

In a similar story, AI makes sense for some stuff but not other stuff. The stuff where it does not make sense for is gonna do bad when the bubble pops.

Re: Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

#106

Post by baal80spam »

mancerayder wrote: post #77

Me, in my fantasies. Sadly I'm tightly mortgaged and in a very high cost of living area in the US. My plan is to move to Europe so I can cut my cost of living in half, not stress over health care, and eat real food instead of fake American chemicals. Need a few more years ..

Good luck, just remember (speaking as an European): the grass is always greener.

Re: Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

#107

Post by xtracto »

mintbasilthyme wrote: post #82

I quit after almost five years at Stripe. Loved my team and manager but the product culture at the company were steadily going downhill and I wasn't building much. Honestly couldn't tell you what I was doing day to day but i was still sitting at my computer for 8 hours and feeling pretty unfulfilled. The direction of the company was also confusing and I kept getting pulled into its forays (its doing well but trying t…

I read these type of posts and wonder why someone would move away from such a deal. Maybe is a matter of age, as at 45 years old, I am very happy going to work in a monotone job, checkout at 5 and live my life.

Ive achieved everything I dreamt in my professional life: Got a PhD, got to be CTO, got to be Principal Engineer, got to build several products and companies from 0 to 1. I just want to be left alone.

Nowadays I enjoy being advisor of 3 or 4 early startups at a time. I love seeing the stamina and drive of the young 20+ folks that want to eat the world. I spent 25 years doing the same; but at 45, it's my priorities have changed a lot.

Re: Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

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Post by DonHopkins »

malfist wrote: post #30
retired wrote: post #4

Already did. Hated working with AI. Will try to start a business one day where I can code how I like it. Currently not doing anything IT related. Just went on a bike ride.

What are you riding these days? Do you like it? I'm shopping to replace my old beginner bike

Enviolo stepless bicycle automatic transmission (never manually shift again, accelerate while continuously shifting under load), with a carbon fiber belt drive (maintainance free, silent, never get grease on your pants or hands again), and Bosch Performance Line mid-motor (strong zippy performance from the geniuses who paid a €90 million fine for Dieselgate), plus GPS tracker with "recovery service" (required for insurance).

https://enviolo.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQrgKBQrkag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xY2S-9gjHI

https://www.koga.com/en/enviolo-gear-hub

https://www.koga.com/en/bikes/e-bikes/evia-pro-automatic?fra...

It's a dream bike, optimized for comfort and city riding, but Koga is not available in the US, though.

Here's an American bike that has similar features (not as nice as the high-end Koga Evia Pro Automatic though), the Harley Davidson Rush/CTY (step through model is easiest to mount/unmount/ride):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SjN8RN9g7Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoX9S5UhETE

https://serial1.nl/

The Enviolo Automatic also come in a heavy duty version paired with high performance motors for bakfiets (cargo bikes), for 3-4 children, big dogs, and groceries:

https://batavus.com/en-nl/products/fier-3-bbfn3

https://www.dw.com/en/bosch-pays-90-million-euro-fine-over-d...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal

Edit:

Fair, they're ideal for city bikes, stop-and-go traffic, and the flat Dutch landscape where they're produced, where the biggest "mountains" you encounter are the bridges over canals. Their city model has 310%, trekking 380%, and the new utility hub has 400% gear range, which you can use on a normal bike, bakfiets, or speed pedelec.

https://enviolo.com/news/enviolo-launches-the-utility-hub/

Re: Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

#109

Post by ricardobeat »

Leaving at the end of the month; first time quitting (not jumping ships) in my career. It's a scary move.

I will be taking a short break and polishing some of my OSS projects.

I'm actually excited about the future of software right now. Currently interested in the field of applied AI/automation/robotics though I have zero credentials. If you're looking for a T-shaped engineer with strong UI and UX experience, let's talk :)

Re: Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)

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Post by pupppet »

Think about it all the time. Can’t stand how AI has made everyone at a company a pretend expert at everything and discussions are now just everyone’s AI responding back and forth to one other, and nobody seems to notice or care.
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