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New comment by fsnovask in "AI didn't erase the junior engineer's value, it increased it it"

fsnovask — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:20:33 +0000

Sure bud

New comment by fsnovask in "AI is removing the middle class of software engineering"

fsnovask — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:47:34 +0000

Secondarily, the business itself is also driving the throughput increases by demanding more volume, but there is no accountability to them for asking for throughput at the expense of quality. They may also deny the engineering time to work on things that would stabilize quality that supports faster delivery because features earn money more directly than developing quality processes.

This isn't coming solely from engineers wanting to produce more stuff faster.

New comment by fsnovask in "AI is removing the middle class of software engineering"

fsnovask — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:31:06 +0000

>This is the theory, but I’ve never worked anywhere (and I’ve worked at a lot of places over 20 years) that actually did it like that in practice.

Same but with 10 years, and I don't think I would do well in a place like that. That removes you from writing code and there is a similar complaint about relying too much on AI and not writing enough code on your own.