New engineer: 'AI has been replacing my job since I got a CS degree, yet I'm busier than ever'
saranormous · x · 2026-09-23
saranormous shares a new engineer hire's take: "AI has been replacing my job since I got a CS degree, yet I'm busier than ever — we can all just be more ambitious." She frames it as the same insight Jensen Huang has been pushing: AI lowers execution cost, so people should aim bigger.
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