Ask HN: Losing motivation to work in the IT field, need advice

23 points by trowa159 34 days ago 29 comments
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Hello folks,

I am a senior Software Engineer working in the IT field for close to 16 years.

Before AI coding tools became prevalent, I enjoyed writing code, architecting software systems, and speaking to the stakeholders. These past 2 - 3 years, since companies have been using AI tools heavily, I noticed most of the work has been delegated to AI. It's just prompting it to do work while I monitor its inputs and outputs, then redefining the prompts.

This work flow really took away my passion and joy of writing and building software systems. I don't know where I am heading next... most of my friends either move on to work on their solopreneur journey or switch careers completely. I can say my passion for building software is definitely diminished due to heavy AI usage

Has anyone experienced this? How do you cope with it? Did you end up switching careers?

thanks for your comments :)

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