7 years of experience SWE friend: "my job as I knew it is gone. I'm not worried about having new job in the AGI era. I'm worried about having a job I will enjoy"
one underdiscussed aspect of this new era: many people fully understand what the near-term future looks like, they're just uncertain work will be *fun* for them anymore
many engineers loved the craft of coding, some excel monkeys loved the craft of building a good model, etc
ppl who actually *enjoy* this new style of work are going to be so advantaged. those who don't will burn out a lot faster -- we are already starting to see this
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