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[u/nasser_junior]

How I feel as a software engineer lately.

[u/crankbot2000 → u/[deleted]]

I can't tell you how many times I've gotten a massive PR with hundreds/thousands of lines of 100% AI code. What the fuck am I supposed to do with that? There is no way a human can review that output in any meaningful way.

So now we have AI agents doing the code reviews. We are getting more obsolete by the minute.

[u/AloneInExile → u/[deleted]]

I have devs who literally don't know how to code.

Self-proclaimed experts. I could code what took them a month in less than a week without an AI agent.

I wish they could use AI to at least double check their work.

[u/indiecore → u/AloneInExile]

This is a hiring and pipelining problem, ie: a management problem.

Code shouldn't be going into production if it hasn't gone through someone who actually knows what they're doing. There should be rules about this stuff you're wishing about. Bring this problem to your seniors or your top level tech person, I guarantee that they're probably concerned about the same things as you (I know I am).

[u/AloneInExile → u/indiecore]

I am that top tech person.

Talent is bad where I live, everyone calls themselves a dev if they've written a line of JavaScript. If I were the hiring manager I'd never hire anyone, the horror stories I hear... I'd rather take in a complete junior and teach him the ropes.

I did not approve the code. The code still went into prod and it didn't need to, the BO was pushing it, just so he could tick a checkbox.

My managers agreed, but they also took the impact of the change. Our users were not notified about this major change and no material how it works.

We have rules in place for this kind of things and they failed. Good, now I can clearly state that their methods don't work and they are not to be trusted.

[u/indiecore → u/AloneInExile]

Good, now I can clearly state that their methods don't work and they are not to be trusted.

I'm also actually getting a lot of good insights from this reddit thread on /r/comics. Thanks art.

[u/AloneInExile → u/indiecore]

Hahaha. At least my latest shitstorm has a positive end and I was just venting it out.

[u/Dhiox → u/indiecore]

Problem is if AI does all the work, you will never create anyone who knows what they are doing.

That's the fundamental problem, companies have all decided they will not train anyone ever, and experience was about the only way to get a company to pay for your learning, and now even that's going away.

[u/Sidereel → u/crankbot2000]

I like the part where one AI gives PR comments and then I paste those into the code writing AI. I’m a middle man for AIs.

[u/Strange_Dust7128 → u/crankbot2000]

Reject it, bring it up in stand up with a manager present. That’s what we did.

[u/darkshadow543 → u/[deleted]]

I spent my 30th birthday watching ai do the one thing I liked about my job, It makes me want to jump.

[u/gooner712004 → u/darkshadow543]

What would you do otherwise?

I was getting sick of this career anyway before AI, and now for a different reason I'm the same.

I can retire now if I wanted to, but I want to know if there's any good pivots from here?

[u/CyclopsLobsterRobot → u/gooner712004]

I started teaching high school computer science. I made enough money during the good times I could afford the pay cut. It’s way more work but also a union job, way less cut throat, and very rewarding. I’m a couple years in and no regrets.

[u/zffjk → u/[deleted]]

And they still get defensive where there are issues. I’ve lost any joy for my job and can’t wait to exit tech when my kids are adults in a few years.