Good To See He’s Found Work In This Economy

Haven’t we seen this movie before?

Actually, I guess not. Given that I’m a senior whatever I am and have been in the IT industry for over 25 years now, most of us who have seen this movie before have retired. So it’s younger people caught up in the AI hype.

I read enough to be skeptical about it (also note I didn’t think “the Internet” would be that big either), but I can’t be too loudly skeptical on LinkedIn since the whole world, or at least the deluge of consultants, contractors, and service providers to service providers that is LinkedIn lurvs it.

And job postings: Are you AI-first? AI-native? On a scale of 1-10, do you love AI 11 or 12?

I have used AI in a limited fashion for guidance and suggestions as to how I might solve a problem, but I have enough experience to doubt, to know when it’s not correct, and to know when to refine it.

I am not into building complete apps or systems without knowing what’s going on. Our software has been trending away from quality for a decade or so with human developers. I do not look forward to what we get when companies are relying on autocorrect to write their software for them.