[Wissenschafter]

"Real developers write their own original code and/or architecture plans."

Nice tired no true Scotsman argument. You literally sound like a stubborn boomer refusing to see the change. You sound ignorant, not wise.

I've created several multi-modal AI applications deployed in production; fully created through Codex and Claude code. SOC2 compliant and created in a month, not years.

You can be an old man, but you don't need to have an old man mentality.

You wouldn't hire someone who only knows how to use a typewriter in a world of computers. No big deal, right? "A computer is just 'another tool', why should I not be fine with my typewriter?"

Literally fucking blows my mind I'm even having this discussion on this website, with people who should know better.

Good luck, you will need it.

[austin-cheney]

I am already in management. I will be just fine.

[Wissenschafter]

That explains why you know nothing. Good luck to whoever you manage, I do not envy them.

Would suck to have someone be your manager who refuses to even understand the new tools, much less use them; you will make a GREAT manager.

I'm honestly in disbelief that people in the field can be this purposefully ignorant, and proudly at that.

[austin-cheney]

Your frequent astonishment indicates you have not been writing code very long. I also suspect you also may have some combination of ADHD or ASD, which would explain both your necessary dependence on a tool for relevance as well as your hostile defensiveness. Either way, in the long run, you will have trouble sticking around because tools eventually get replaced.

[Wissenschafter]

You will be gone faster than your head can spin my guy.

Execs will not put up with managers who are not going to use the best tools. I expect soon you will be forced to, or you're out.

Also, I've been writing code for over 20 years. I started programming LUA and ActionScript back in 2000 when I was 10 years old.

Your days are numbered old man.

[austin-cheney]

If after 20 years you still have not figured out how this industry works, hope that tool evangelism will save your career, and cannot measure things you almost certainly have autism. If you are not already diagnosed I strongly recommend seeking an evaluation.

The reality of success in this industry has nothing to do with tools. Its all about KPIs (however your organization defines them), superior planning/communication skills, and leading people. The people that produce the most with the least maintenance overhead are the people most well rewarded. Simply just not getting fired is not a metric of success.

[Wissenschafter]

I literally won a corporate Innovation award last year at my company (that does $30B in revenue yearly) for some of the previous applications I put into production that I mentioned. Even got posted on LinkedIn where thousands of people liked it. I am also in a technical role that is not far removed from the C-Suite, reporting to a VP.

Your analysis couldn't be further from reality, except the ADHD part, lmao.

I have the industry figured out buddy, it's you who thought they did, but doesn't anymore.