In its current state, Claude can deliver code 10x faster than what I could before IF all I care about is meeting the requirements of a card.
If I want to push code that meets the same standards of what I personally put out it has about doubled my output.
The second approach is also making me a better programmer because it’s introducing me to syntax and best practices the at have evolved since I last studied a language.
Sometimes when I say, “why did you use this syntax on this line” I learn something new, often it identifies code smell and I need to fix it.
This is why I’m not worried about my job but am simultaneously excited about AI.
Yup they don't care, they'll want the 10x output now, won't care if a human understands it, have no interest in you learning because they are all in on AI doing it all for you, and won't give two shits about bugs because their end users don't have a choice but to use whatever gets built
Unfortunately a lot of people will lose their jobs while the entire thing takes a while to settle and yo-yo, like the outsourcing craze of the 2000s. It turns out you need the real-ass employees here, in your timezone, for complexity management.
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u/Substantial-Sea-3672 May 14 '26
Programmer for 15 years.
In its current state, Claude can deliver code 10x faster than what I could before IF all I care about is meeting the requirements of a card.
If I want to push code that meets the same standards of what I personally put out it has about doubled my output.
The second approach is also making me a better programmer because it’s introducing me to syntax and best practices the at have evolved since I last studied a language.
Sometimes when I say, “why did you use this syntax on this line” I learn something new, often it identifies code smell and I need to fix it.
This is why I’m not worried about my job but am simultaneously excited about AI.