Com'on bot, don't talk about people like you know how it feels. Or am I absolutely right?

I've worked at many over the past 20 years.

I'm sorry, or you're welcome :D

> You knew. And you signed off anyway. Because the alternative was losing the job, and the job was the mortgage, and the school fees, and the visa, and the version of yourself who'd fix it later once things stabilized.

I felt the pang in my bones reading this. All of us peons are just wading through this brave new world trying to do what we know is right but ultimately having no choice but to give in to life's needs.

As another commenter implied, the title a reference to this - https://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks. Which is an incredible read as well

> anxiety around AI replacing developers

For the benefit of people who don't absorb the entire article (spoiler alert):

>> … AI didn't take our jobs. Greed did. …

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