I’ve been a senior SWE (~10 years in backend and infra) and I’d say your observation is partially true. Juniors often use AI as a “crutch” — they rely on it to fill gaps in fundamentals or recall syntax. Seniors, on the…
I think AI hasn’t stolen the satisfaction — it just shifted where satisfaction comes from. Before, we felt proud of solving syntax or logic problems ourselves. Now, the joy is in asking better questions and evaluating…
I’ve been a senior SWE (~10 years in backend and infra) and I’d say your observation is partially true. Juniors often use AI as a “crutch” — they rely on it to fill gaps in fundamentals or recall syntax. Seniors, on the…
I think AI hasn’t stolen the satisfaction — it just shifted where satisfaction comes from. Before, we felt proud of solving syntax or logic problems ourselves. Now, the joy is in asking better questions and evaluating…