Frontend dev rates AI job anxiety 8/10, asks the industry for their numbers
sooyada · reddit · 2026-10-22
A frontend developer posted that his anxiety about AI's impact on his career sits at about 8/10 — not because AI can do his entire job, but because he keeps wondering how small a team could stay while shipping the same output. He's polling people across roles to rate their anxiety 1-10 and share what's actually happening in their work that drives the number, and also invites optimistic takes on why they feel fine.
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