AI nerds cheer automating everything, then mourn when entry-level coding gets automated
Aryvyo · x · 2026-10-18
The author pushes back on AI-community anxiety about automation wiping out entry-level skills: the same crowd that delights in automating the world to hell treats it as a tragedy the moment automation hits the lowest-level skill in their own field. He calls the "I want to be X, not Y" worry a non-issue for anyone genuinely driven by the pursuit of knowledge. A contrarian take worth reading against the mainstream fear that AI will eliminate junior roles.
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