*gut punch* a very real story about output over outcomes, AI slop, and the burnout that comes from not being given the space to identify meaningful application
Excellent and heartfelt exposition. I think the silver lining around these clouds — no, the sunlight slowly penetrating and eventually evaporating these clouds — is already emerging in your essay: the real value won’t be delivered via the coders, or at least the just-coders: it will increasingly be delivered by, and dependent on, exactly the people like you foolishly being let go now, the ones who think about what should be, and how it should be, and where and how do the humans fit, while the AI agents translate those thoughts into things. Big tech companies may not get it, yet, and maybe that will be their undoing.
This resonated with deeply as I explore the (broken) system I am in. With the books like Working Backwards and so much digital ink spilled on Amazon working culture case studies, it is unsurprising that the technology that has made building the wrong thing fast just as simple for a company thats known for its culture as it has for the rest of the non tech first companies.
I think about when we focus on 'can we?', and forget to ask 'should we?', who really loses in the end.
*gut punch* a very real story about output over outcomes, AI slop, and the burnout that comes from not being given the space to identify meaningful application
"This is what building without rigor does. It commits resources without discernment and it narrows what anyone is able to imagine."
That really hit. I'm so sorry for what you're going through and can relate.
“My entire practice is built on the premise that you can’t think your way to understanding in isolation. You have to get outside your own head”
The difference between philosophy and science. Research is hard work. Most people would rather believe than know!
Excellent and heartfelt exposition. I think the silver lining around these clouds — no, the sunlight slowly penetrating and eventually evaporating these clouds — is already emerging in your essay: the real value won’t be delivered via the coders, or at least the just-coders: it will increasingly be delivered by, and dependent on, exactly the people like you foolishly being let go now, the ones who think about what should be, and how it should be, and where and how do the humans fit, while the AI agents translate those thoughts into things. Big tech companies may not get it, yet, and maybe that will be their undoing.
“Every mile is the last mile” - this perfectly captures what it feels like inside the broken machine of tech.
This resonated with deeply as I explore the (broken) system I am in. With the books like Working Backwards and so much digital ink spilled on Amazon working culture case studies, it is unsurprising that the technology that has made building the wrong thing fast just as simple for a company thats known for its culture as it has for the rest of the non tech first companies.
I think about when we focus on 'can we?', and forget to ask 'should we?', who really loses in the end.