[bzhang33]

I agree with your points here - I don't know if I feel more burnt out, but I definitely feel like my work has become less meaningful and fulfilling despite doing more work and iterating faster on a daily basis. I miss the satisfaction that comes with solving a problem on my own after wrestling with it for a bit.

It raises the uncomfortable question of, if so much of my work could be automated, was it ever really that important to begin with? It definitely has me asking a lot of questions about what I'm doing and where my life is headed.

One optimistic view is that AI could free up time for people who see their job as just a job, allowing them to invest more in other parts of their lives... but who knows how far down the line that is, and whether it'll even reach that point.