Software engineers are two years ahead of the curve on the AI career identity crisis
bradneuberg · x · 2026-11-11
A software engineer reflects that having AI come for his job first feels like a blessing: software engineers are roughly two years ahead of everyone else on the career identity crisis, grappling earlier than other professions with the role redefinition AI brings.
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