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Re:Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" by gfrecvh on Monday October 05, 2026 @08:08PM (#49972478)
> I know a guy who works at Amazon, and the models at OpenAI and Anthropic are so good that he doesn’t even really write code in the classic sense anymore

"I know a guy", what a weird thing to say in October 2026. I don't think I know anyone who still writes code in the classic sense.

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Re:Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" by t0mpr1c3 on Monday October 05, 2026 @09:29PM (#49973036)
Is it so surprising that people who work in other domains and specialties may have different experiences than you?

People write code for all sorts of reasons, it's not a monolithic or uniform activity.

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Re:Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" by whateveracct on Monday October 05, 2026 @10:47PM (#49973581)
i get paid $300k cash to write all my code by hand. and this is at an AI-pilled company with a CEO pushing AI every day.

boss doesn't know or care. i just get plus perf reviews and raises so it's chill. my perf reviews are actually trending up since opus 4.5 so i'm feeling good actually.

i think smart people crave an adult in the room in these infantile psychotic times

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Re:Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" by PorciiVorbesc on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @07:08AM (#49976806)
>i get paid $300k cash to write all my code by hand

The question on peoples' minds is, will you be able to find another 300k job if you get laid off?

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Re:Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" by whateveracct on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @11:33AM (#49980045)
seems like it? or close. i regularly see what's out there for me.
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Re:Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" by PorciiVorbesc on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @11:34AM (#49980063)
Got any advice on how others can be as lucky?
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Re:Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" by whateveracct on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @12:19PM (#49980678)
have a linkedin profile with some personality
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Re:Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" by PorciiVorbesc on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @02:07PM (#49981974)
Such as?
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