LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do
A veteran software engineer with a decade of experience reflects on how the integration of LLMs into their workflow is impacting their professional identity and career trajectory. The author discusses the challenges of balancing domain expertise in finance with the increasing reliance on AI tools for coding and documentation.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing anxiety among experienced professionals regarding the displacement of human expertise by generative AI in specialized technical fields.
I'm a software engineer, completing 10 years of professional experience this year. I started my career as a web frontend engineer (it was easier for me to debug frontend code back then, so I chose that path), but shortly transitioned to (web) backend and never looked back.
The article is a personal narrative reflecting on industry trends without taking a political stance.
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