Coders Coded Their Job Away. Why Are So Many of Them Happy About It?
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37 points
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March 12, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
bookofjoe
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/magazine/ai-coding-progra...
jazz9k
Because they are still making the same salary. In 5 years, when their job is eliminated, and they can't find work, they will regret their decision.
ripe
> it could also be that these software jobs won’t pay as well as in the past, because, of course, the jobs aren’t as hard as they used to be. Acquiring the skills isn’t as challenging. This sounds opposite to what the article said earlier: newbies aren’t able to get as much use out of these coding agents as the more experienced programmers do.
ramesh31
Because we love tech? I'm absolutely terrified about the future of employment in this field, but I wouldn't give up this insane leap of science fiction technology for anything.
deflator
What is a coder? Someone who is handed the full specs and sits down and just types code? I have never met such a person. The most annoying part of SWE is everyone who isn't an SWE has inane ideas about what we do.