> Yeah sorry if my assessment was a bit callous and overly critical, and I hope you don't take it personally
Not at all. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment!
> and multiple times throughout my career experienced a rug pull of my own mental model of my value as a software engineer
Sorry to hear you've had that experience. Unfortunately, over the past year we've once again entered the "let's question software engineer's value" space with AI so you're very right to warn on the risks of not overselling your importance as a SWE. It pays to always be watchful and introspective on what changes are happening around you and how to best adapt to them.
Not at all. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment!
> and multiple times throughout my career experienced a rug pull of my own mental model of my value as a software engineer
Sorry to hear you've had that experience. Unfortunately, over the past year we've once again entered the "let's question software engineer's value" space with AI so you're very right to warn on the risks of not overselling your importance as a SWE. It pays to always be watchful and introspective on what changes are happening around you and how to best adapt to them.