[florisuga]

I've experienced myself that even if you explain to your AI-loving boss in a well reasoned manner that an LLM is not the right tool for the job he wants you to use it for, you simply get labeled as anti tech and your chances of advancement plummet (he was explicit about that). But I still do it, because dammit I'm still a human with a brain. The thought of being a corporate drone who just falls in line with any demand no matter how asinine is worse than the thought of being unemployed.

[joquarky]

In my observation, this is becoming more common over time.

The "boss" is often not a promoted engineer, but an MBA brought in to "manage" engineers.

Engineering is where idealism hits reality, and the increasingly undisciplined cronies who "manage" us don't like hearing that their idea is incompatible with physics.

We are subject matter experts who are burdened with responsibility but denied agency and authority in our area of expertise.