there’s a post I keep hesitating to write, but have mentioned offhand in pubs, podcasts, probably some tweets as well. about very senior engineers who have painted themselves into a corner by being absolutist anti-ai, and have rationalised it deeply, and made/making themselves completely unemployable. it’s super tragic to see. we need to give them some kind of offramp, but probably won’t because what exactly is the benefit to the olive branch presenting person? and yeah I’ll say it, being on bluesky is corrupting for this reason. you’ll have the constant applause from others who are in the same position, and feel completely validated in your decision, and fade into the nothingness. it’s like these people forgot what being a technologist really means, what the job is, how to be practical and adjust to a changing world. corrupted by pithy ideology that doesn’t survive contact with reality. ps - don’t use this as an excuse to be cruel to them, I see the thigh slapping self congratulatory types as well who enjoy seeing this train wreck play out. (replies limited for this one, I only discuss this with my friends in person sorry.)