[blitz_skull]

This 1000x!

I had a bit of an identity crisis with AI first landed and started producing good code. “If I’m not the man who can type quickly, accurately, and build working programs… WHO AM I?”

But as you pointed out, I quickly realized I was never that guy. I was the guy who made problems go away, usually with code.

Now I can make so many problems go away, it feels like cheating. As it turns out, writing code isn’t super useful. It’s the application of the code, the judgement of which problems to solve and how to solve them, that truly mattered.

And that sparks a LOT of joy.

[ragequittah]

I imagine this same argument happening when people stopped using machine code and assembly en masse and started using FORTRAN or COBOL. You don't really know what you're doing unless you're spending the effort I spent!

[jtbayly]

You definitely completely misconstrued what was said and meant.

It appears you have yet to grapple with the question asked. And I suspect you would be helped by doing so. Let me restate the question for you:

If actually writing code can be done without you or any coworker now, by AI, what is your purpose?

[ch4s3]

Anyone who can’t read Proust and write a compelling essay about the themes is illiterate!

[jimbokun]

It’s possible to be someone who’s very good at writing quality programs but still enjoy delegating as much of that as possible to AI to focus on other things.