[nerdix]

There are 3 kinds of developers.

1. Those that are motivated by "building things". The actual programming is just a means to an end.

2. Those that are motivated by the salary alone and either hate the work or are indifferent to it.

3. Those that are motivated by the art of programming itself. Hands on keyboard, thinking through a problem and solving it with code.

Developers that fall into category 1 and 2 love AI. Its basically a dream come true for them ("I knocked out 3 sides projects in a month" for #1 and "You're telling me that all I have to do is supervise the AI and I still get paid?" for #2).

Its basically a living nightmare for developers in category 3.

I've noticed that founders seem to be way higher on AI than non-founders. I think a lot of founders fit into category 1.

[munificent]

I wouldn't say "kinds" because they overlap. Every developer has their own mixture of how much each of those categories is rewarding for them.

But, yes, I think that's a good breakdown of where most of the reward from coding comes from.