I am in my 40s and yes seeing ones skills beeing Made obsolete is scary. But I still love the moment when I start with something new (language, tool, ...) whenever my job allowed me to dive into something new I am somehow grateful. And yes I do know the sentiment when I see something and catch myself thinking well this is the same as that which we had x years ago but actually it never really is or it is but now it really works. I dont fear AI will make me obsolete and for all the issues it has I am also astonished what is happening and want to know how it works. What other Industries offer this? That said I acknowledge that change comes with a lot of cognitive load which can cause Stress and anxiety and WE need ways to keep those in Check. I think this is also a Job of a company having to do with Tech, to Care for its workers (and everyone working in this industry)
SoftTalker · 4h ago
The funny thing about this piece is that bookstores themselves basically don't exist anymore. The bookstore owners had it far worse than the developers who had to keep up with the times.
icanread · 2h ago
Trust me bookstores still exist
SoftTalker · 1h ago
They do but not like they used to.
Edit: Actually two things killed bookstores. In the 1990s the megabookstores (e.g. Borders, Barnes and Noble) with coffee shops and living rooms for people to hang out in blew up and put a lot of the independent bookstores out of business. Then the internet blew up and Amazon put Borders and Barnes and Noble out of business.
Some independents have returned here and there, or managed to hang on through it all, but it's a shadow of what used to exist in most places.
alganet · 3h ago
There's nothing wrong with continuous learning. I knew that before choosing this career.
The issue with recent AI tech is that _I can't learn it_. I have to pay a lot of money (GPU renting or buying outrageous rigs) if I want to do even hello world AI stuff. The writing is on the wall, I will never be allowed to learn it, just to use it like a peasant.
This simply wasn't true before. I can read react code, roll my own, understand it. Same with any tech after the 90s. Heck, I can even do a primitive browser without having to buy GPU.
But AI is different. It will not allow you to learn past a certain point, and there is nothing you can do. And it's not about how smart or dedicated you are anymore. It's about money. Either you have huge datacenter money and you learn, or you don't and just play kids prompt guinea pig. It sucks.
Edit: Actually two things killed bookstores. In the 1990s the megabookstores (e.g. Borders, Barnes and Noble) with coffee shops and living rooms for people to hang out in blew up and put a lot of the independent bookstores out of business. Then the internet blew up and Amazon put Borders and Barnes and Noble out of business.
Some independents have returned here and there, or managed to hang on through it all, but it's a shadow of what used to exist in most places.
The issue with recent AI tech is that _I can't learn it_. I have to pay a lot of money (GPU renting or buying outrageous rigs) if I want to do even hello world AI stuff. The writing is on the wall, I will never be allowed to learn it, just to use it like a peasant.
This simply wasn't true before. I can read react code, roll my own, understand it. Same with any tech after the 90s. Heck, I can even do a primitive browser without having to buy GPU.
But AI is different. It will not allow you to learn past a certain point, and there is nothing you can do. And it's not about how smart or dedicated you are anymore. It's about money. Either you have huge datacenter money and you learn, or you don't and just play kids prompt guinea pig. It sucks.