Meet the developers rejecting AI, even if it costs them their job
Suspicious_Orchid770 · reddit · 2026-10-15
A Reddit thread profiles developers who publicly reject AI coding tools — even if it costs them their jobs.
The discussion weighs whether refusing AI assistance in an industry that has fully embraced it is a principled stand on code quality, learning depth, and craft, or self-defeating stubbornness in a shifting job market.
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