Thanks for sharing the engineer's message and your response.
The adjustments we all go through right now is crazy. I deeply and truly miss CTFs and getting my hands dirty deep in the code, and knowing everybody else did so as well. But the world is changing and if I revel in the past, I will be very miserable.
I don't know if I am different, but I have always been able to find excitement in ANY technology: Whether it's web vs. game development, blockchain vs. hardware hacking, code review vs. fuzzing, ...
So it's easy for me to find joy in AI. And I agree with shubs that pre-AI deep understanding is like a superpower right now.
Maybe it's my education bias (having educational YouTube channel and
@hextreeio), but I believe learning is becoming incredibly important. Before AI there were diminishing returns learning new skills, and many people were contempt at a certain level. With AI, small skill gains are amplified and become huge benefits.
one of my engineers reached out to me about how they struggled to find satisfaction in their work in the age of AI. I asked them if I could publish our brief exchange, and they agreed. I know people are feeling similarly, so maybe they can relate.
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