[DHolzer]

I work in AI and love the technology. But all the hype and grandiose claims make it awkward when people ask what I do, and it makes hiring harder when experienced developers hear 'AI development' and walk away - even though it's mostly just solid full-stack engineering work.

[lionkor]

I am always looking for roles, and I have pretty good full stack experience (a few years of C++, C#, some JS, TS, backend and frontend web, C, Zig, Rust, built a few hobby compilers and other stuff).

I apply to pretty much every job that sounds reasonably good in terms of work-life balance, but I completely ignore anything that says AI. I really, really, really do not want to be part of a company that lies to itself, and so far all AI companies look like they are. It's not AGI. It's not gonna be AGI. Ride the hype train, cash out and lay off 80% of the workforce and jump on the next hype train, whatever. But don't hope that people who want a stable job want to hop on something that delivers such a shaky definition of value.

[stuartjohnson12]

Even if you're an AI-skeptic, it's hard to argue that companies building AI customer support for example aren't en route to improving the whole "calling your ISP's team in India" experience.

[lionkor]

Absolutely, but that doesn't seem to be most companies I see