"If AI isn't making you faster, you'll lose your job": dev culture debate
rickasaurus · x · 2026-10-18
NickADobos argues that if you're not speeding up and producing more because of AI, you won't have a job soon. He calls out two common developer attitudes: telling your boss "we're gathering requirements" — in the AI era your role is to proactively problem-solve and decide what to build — and claiming there "isn't enough work," which he calls impossible since business always has more goals to hit.
A sharp, opinionated take on AI-era developer culture rather than a data-backed analysis.
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