The tradeoff of higher velocity for less enjoyment may feel less welcome when it becomes the new baseline and the expectation of employers / customers. The excitement of getting a day's work done in an hour* (for example) is likely to fade once the expectation is to produce 8 of such old-days output per day. I suspect it doesn't matter how we feel about it mind you. If it's going to happen it will, whether we enjoy t…
The most challenging thing I'm finding about working with LLM-based tools is the reduction in enjoyment. I'm in this business because I love it, and I'm worried about that going forward.
My daughter who switching from engineering to software because she enjoyed coding expressed that LLMs are taking away everything she found enjoyable about the job and reducing her to QA. She hates it and if the trend continues I won’t be surprised if she switches industries.