[raw_anon_1111]

How is doing either going to keep you competitive in the market when everyone is coding faster than you using modern tools?

That stance honestly sound like me not using a compiler and doing everything in assembly like I did 40 years ago in my bedroom in 6th grade on my Apple //e.

I might be an old guy at 51. But I’m not that old guy. I’m the old guy who didn’t have to worry about “ageism” in 2020 when I got my first (and hopefully last ) job at BigTech in 2020, another after looking for two weeks in 2023 (with 3 offers) and another in 2024 when looking just by responding to an internal recruiter - I’m a staff cloud consultant (full time) specializing in app dev.

Not claiming I’m special. But I like to eat, stay clothes and stay housed. I do what it takes

[direwolf20]

Are they coding faster? The METR 2025 study shows LLM users feel faster but are actually slower. If LLMs make programmers more productive, then awesome LLM–written software is available everywhere for a low price — so where is it?

[raw_anon_1111]

Why would any company past the savings on to you? Besides “no one ever got fired for buying IBM”. No company is going to replace SalesForce with a vibe coded alternative they find out about on “Ask HN”. Coding has never been the issue with having a successful project. Look at all of the companies who were crushed by BigTech just throwing a few developers at the same problem and having a good enough alternative.

[direwolf20]

Competition forces prices lower.

[py4]

simple example: Claude Cowork was written entirely with claude code

[direwolf20]

Did they make it faster than without Claude Code?