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Thank you for replying. Totally makes sense that it helps people do a lot without having to spend a lot of time learning to code. Similar to Wix allowing you to have a cool website without years of learning web languages. I guess I enjoy coding at least partly to solve problems but I’m not sure what the next type of problem is for me. I don’t necessarily like juggling 20 things at once which is one new problem allowed by it being much easier to do things with code.
Thanks for replying. Yeah, right, technology is learning to do things that were previously done by humans, which devalues them and the labor that goes into them. A lot of techs did this but recent technologie are much more versatile.
Posted by
scripper on Sunday August 03, 2025 @03:18PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I used to spend a lot of time tinkering with personal projects. I don’t think I realized how much of the fun was due to: 1. Solving puzzles, and 2. Feeling that I was helping myself in the future by solving a problem today. LLMs make it a lot quicker to complete a task or project. Does this make anyone else feel less motivated to do projects? Has your approach evolved?
I agree. I am at mid-career. I know many people who dedicated years of their lives learning a craft and building a dignified, somewhat-creative career. I admire these people greatly. The rewards from putting in this effort have disappeared.
For example, I have no knowledge of film editing or what “works” in a sequence, but if I wanted to I could create something more than passable with AI.
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scripper on Thursday June 12, 2025 @10:12AM
from the stevejobsarchive.com dept.
Posted by
scripper on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:26PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.
Great to know, thanks so much for the info!
Hey there, loved the post. What do you think is next for you? Would you do it all over?
Thanks for all of the content!
Thanks. I meant “a pullback,” as in a euphemism for underperformance. The question was whether the engineers were incidental casualties.
Thanks. I just wonder what the answer is, security-wise. I guess if you can find something self-sustaining where there isn’t a huge need to grow. That was behind my original question, a feeling that a need for profit growth drives these decisions for larger (public, or on their way there) companies. But I guess if a smaller company is not yet profitable, it’s also bearing some risk to get somewhere that it might not.
Were the engineering cuts were due to pullback in the primary business?
Posted by
scripper on Friday January 12, 2024 @02:28PM
from the ask-hn dept.
There have been many very large layoffs announced recently at large companies. Much of the HN comments on these note over-hiring during better economic times. I’m wondering, have smaller employers, who presumably haven’t added headcount as much as larger employers, been laying of as well? Does employment feel more secure there?
Posted by
scripper on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:16PM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.
Personally I find that if I read something that I enjoy, I’ll usually find a way to incorporate it into my life somehow. For Stratechery and information economics in particular, it’s been finding ways to leverage my skills to make myself indispensable professionally.
Set an alarm for 30 or 60 minutes. Don’t allow yourself to look at your phone or do anything else during this time. Make this time special.