It's hard to be good at your tech job right now

Codex's self portrait. I’m writing this post because I want to say out loud what a lot of people are feeling: Working in tech during the AI transition is tough as hell. There are pressures from all sides. Here are just a few of them: Layoffs across the industry, especially reductions in management and support roles, as executives rush to replace human productivity with AI. Mandates to learn and adopt new tools and processes incredibly quickly. Shifting job requirements - like asking non-technical designers to become fluent with code-based workflows, or turning software engineering into an LLM-prompt-and-review lifecycle. Obligations to accelerate work, do more with less, and increase your output. A constantly changing market, where new breakthroughs and best-practice innovations launch nearly every week. An influencer-led hype cycle pushing AI as The Way, along with a subtle or overt denigration of traditional ways of working. A blurring of roles where non-experts can cosplay as…