[ggregoire]

> but the enthusiasm on the ground is lacking

Using claude and friends takes all the fun out of the job, so I'm not surprised engineers are not enthusiastic. It's cool for 1 month then you realize we went from solving problems and implementing algos and optimizing slow code and fixing security issues and other fun stuff, to writing prompts all day long.

[dboreham]

Not a universal view: Claude has added all the fun back into my job.

[foozebox]

I am having fun as well. Using AI tools in a good and productive way is definitely a skill that is not a given, you have to learn it too.

[archagon]

Many engineers want nothing more than to eventually become managers. So this is not surprising. But your job is not what it was before.

[keeda]

Not really managers, I would put the new role more in the senior engineer / architect category. Those still have to deal with deeply technical things like design, architecture, problem decomposition, research, domain expertise, code review, collaborating with technical peers -- all of which (people) managers don't typically do.

If you ever wanted to climb the senior technical ladder, this is now the quickest way to experience it. Except instead of other people you get to work with agents which, while a very different experience, requires largely the same skills.

So yes, your job is not what it was before, but with career growth it typically was not anyway.

[kakacik]

... but a very common one. There are always exceptions to every rule

[UqWBcuFx6NV4r]

Oh yeah? The way that you feel is the norm, and if anyone feels differently, they’re the exception? And that’s just based on… vibes?