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Its So Over

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Its So Over

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Someone asked developers to describe their feelings about AI's impact on software engineering in one word, and naturally they wrote entire essays. The word cloud is dominated by "thank god" in massive letters, surrounded by delightful gems like "unemployment," "worried," "kill myself," "see u on the streets," and "its all marketing."

The duality here is chef's kiss: half the room is celebrating AI like it's the second coming of Stack Overflow, while the other half is updating their résumés and researching van life. Someone literally wrote "capitalism" which... yeah, that tracks. Nothing says "healthy industry sentiment" quite like existential dread mixed with cautious optimism in a conference room.

The best part? They asked for ONE WORD and got a philosophical crisis instead. Classic engineers—can't follow requirements even when our jobs depend on it.

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