Hi, I want to understand how you guys learn new things in the age of AI? I am a software engineer relatively new to the industry ~5 YOE. I am trying to learn new things in my job but since we use so much AI for programming and stuff, I feel that I might not be learning as much as I would have if AI did not exist.
I cannot stop using AI since it does make few things easier, and also my company keeps watch if someone is not using enough tokens. On other hand I also dont want to fall behind on my task deadlines by doing things old school way.
Is there any way to get better at workplace in this situation? I just want to get really, really good in my domain.
I would say just do some book reading and practice coding in all the time that all that AI is saving - but poeple who measure find that AI is not actually saving time at coding tasks.
Still, when I was locked into closed source bullshit frameworks by my job, I practiced with open tools and frameworks in every spare minute.
Many people have no time at all to invest in their future careers. I have found that eeking out a few minutes here and there got me ahead of the pack.
Of course, I’m obsolete now, because web frameworks were invented in 2003, and they stopped hiring programmers, entirely. Oh - I mean, I’m obsolete now because of AI vibe code tools.
The reason keeps changing, but I’ve been obsolete for a long time.
Edit: I look forward to being obsolete for a novel new reason in 3 to 5 years.
This is exactly what an obsolete programmer would say. Also, I had a good laugh, thanks