Agents Now Automate Dirty, High-Leverage Grunt Work, and Veterans Benefit Most
HanchungLee · x · 2026-09-08
codestar argues that dirty, high-leverage, boring tasks are now largely automated by agents—and ironically, those set up to benefit most are the people who used to do that grunt work themselves, because their experience tells them where the bodies are buried. This isn't the age of the idea guy; it's the age of people who roll up their sleeves.
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