I don’t see why I need to subject myself to burnout when I don’t have someone pushing me for higher productivity metrics. I enjoy thinking things through, planning, programming the bloody thing.
In all honestly, if I had to, I’d rather take drugs to be more productive than juggling a dozen agents. Being an overworked manager is no superpower.
[–] senordevnyc 2 days ago
I also personally am not experiencing burnout from AI, although I do have to be careful to take breaks and stuff, but I've always been like that when engaged in stuff I find super enjoyable.
[–] runarberg 2 days ago
I‘d like to counter that. Those of us that don‘t use AI are loosing our jobs, fast. The industry is artificially selecting for AI users. Use AI or loose your job, sounds like a forced choice to me.
[–] senordevnyc 1 day ago
And then there are people like me, who work for ourselves and aren’t being threatened by job loss. I have many friends in this category too.
That said, I’m sure there are also entrepreneurs who would rather not use AI but feel forced to in order to keep up with their competition or customer expectations. I don’t know, I haven’t heard from any of those.
It does feel like practicing being a monk not looking at it as a readily available option for most tasks, but I also believe from experience that the only way to learn is the hard way.