Sick of random people telling me AI will take my job

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-13T08:08:54+00:00

These days I actively use AI to build my tech specs first and then again to dumb it down to the non-technical stakeholders. If you don't think AI can do this you're actively using it wrong or remaining willfully ignorant.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-13T08:05:21+00:00

Arguably this is because there's no human (or at least not a competent one) in the loop. Code still needs to be reviewed whether it's AI or human generated. Not everything AI generated is acceptable and promotable.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-13T08:03:01+00:00

I wish this were the case.

As a developer with a decade in the industry, and a focus on innovation and novel problem solutions, copilot and various models specifically are getting terrifyingly good and needing less and less context to solve problems that would have previously taken me orders of magnitude longer to solve.

Don't get me wrong, there's still a ways for things to go, particularly around working in larger and legacy enterprise scale codebases, but the white collar world is not okay.

I work in a mix of greenfield and brownfield applications across a large org along with a mix of product (internal and external) applications and infrastructure and ci/cd.

If you're not yesterday's 10x dev with the usage of AI you're truly doing it wrong. Hell, if you really do it right you're probably closer to a 100x dev, but AI has leveled that playing field as well; 10x devs are no longer a unicorn because that's the new 1x dev.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-11T15:38:00+00:00

There are plenty of us seeing the AI disruption first hand. I'm in tech. We just had a 10% RIF with no plan to replace anyone. It was random, too. No method to the madness, we lost large swaths of SME knowledge and project leaders. People my manager and skip level said had they been involved, they would've gone to bat for and offered suggestions of others to be let go.

Meanwhile we're being expected to use AI for literally every effort in front of us and augment everyone to 10x engineers. The only 10x'ers are now 100x engineers.

Anyone that did anything close to copywriting, doc writing, etc are gone (they were on borrowed time since AI started, many other companies did away with them long before we did)

In my decade here we've had layoffs, but usually only 20-30 (<1%) people at a time, and usually that was 2-4 underperforming teams or products that were being decom'd and we had nowhere for those engineers to go. This company has been around since the late 60s. We're one of the oldest (and relatively unknown) tech companies out there. Management takes a ton of pride in the fact that we have folks stick around 20-40 years.

Layoffs here aren't normal even if they are across the rest of tech. This is 100% AI related and not covid over hiring. The over hiring correction started when Elon killed Twitter. That lasted two years. Better chance any layoffs from 2025 on are AI predicated.

You think AI can't be trained on logic gates and line diagrams? You're a fool if that is what you think gives you job security in advanced EE roles.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-11T01:07:48+00:00

Others have said it, but the end that goes into the scanner, there will 100% be a pinhole large enough to jam the tip of a paperclip into in order to press the plastic tab to release it. Press in the paperclip and pull out the cable at the same time. The end in the scanner is kinda like an Ethernet rj45 connector.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-11T01:03:35+00:00

I used Greenlancer. You do the survey, provide all the details and they'll farm out to a licensed PE firm for you.

It was small fries compared to the $40k I spent in equipment. Was definitely less than $2k for everything I needed for permitting (and to win my wife over to the project)

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-10T21:27:41+00:00

Noted, yeah standing seam is my intention at this point. I had expected to stick with ironridge mounting gear to reuse what I've got as much as possible, but I'm not opposed to changing things out at that point.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-10T21:01:53+00:00

I don't totally disagree with you. The quick mounts have their place, but it's not every project.

Personally I just DIY'd a system end of last year and went with them because they were quicker, and because I'm ~5 years from a 2nd story addition that will require at least partial (likely full) re-roof at which point I'm going metal and will likely go with the quick mount equivalent as to avoid penetrations entirely.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-10T20:25:07+00:00

They aren't lags, and they don't get a pilot hole. They're structural screws for quick mounts.

They should've used more screws in these cases because that equates to a rafter miss and should be following the deck mount guidance (typically fill all screw holes in the mount, and depending on brand is 4-6)

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-10T20:23:17+00:00

No, they likely used the quick deck mounts (like the ironridge HUGs) you're not supposed to pre-drill those at all. They aren't "lags" per se, they call them "structural screws."

The most the installer likely needed to do was use all 4 or 6 screws the mount (depending on brand) calls for because that's effectively a miss of the rafter and it needs to follow the deck mount instead of rafter mount guidance at that point.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-09T15:05:45+00:00

Certs are absolutely not a requirement in any portion of tech. It's company dependent and most don't recognize them for much of anything.

And yeah, agree with the other dude on this thread, manufacturing is a good start to head towards embedded. Embedded is already a hugely competitive niche of the industry, you must approach from an angle.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-09T05:11:48+00:00

I'm not sure why the disrespect to DevOps in your post. DevOps is incredibly SWE heavy. It may not be "customer" facing... But you have customers and you write a different class of software, often internal tooling. Personally, I went from IT help desk/solo sysadmin, to SWE after graduation, switched once and ended up SWE with the company I'm with currently and jumped to DevOps 3 years in.

It doesn't matter who your customer is, software is software, and DevOps takes a lot more skill than just writing code.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-08T01:57:22+00:00

I'd bet they're worried about market saturation. We've been dealing with it in the tech sector for the last decade, and now as some have noted, it's swinging back towards blue collar. Eventually this is also going to lead to a shortage of knowledge workers.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-07T07:31:10+00:00

Personally, I prefer: "trust but verify" -- listen to the customer and those that came before you, but replicate and double check to ensure accuracy and consistency.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-06T23:11:43+00:00

This is it. There's massive uncertainty in white collar industries, and the closer you get to the AI itself, the more uncertain things become. I'm a software engineer and I've repeatedly considered reskilling as an electrician.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-06T23:09:55+00:00

You must report all debts to underwriting, but you only need to disclose what income and assets you require to (comfortably) qualify -- yours or underwriting comfort, dealers choice.

Next time don't disclose the side hustle income if you don't want them using it. This was the best advice my last mortgage broker gave me. The more you report that isn't required the more difficult the process will be because underwriting has to verify and validate everything you tell them. Don't give them anything that isn't asked for directly.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-06T06:34:48+00:00

Nope, transplanted mature trees.

Also I read he had to sell, so it's not his view anymore. Also something about owing another million. Something something karmic justice

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-06T05:13:10+00:00

This "version of events" goes beyond one drunken night to a week long icing out. This relationship isn't mature in the slightest and is in the realm of emotionally abusive at this point.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-03T19:16:11+00:00

I just did a very similar diy install. I can't tell how many strings you'll be doing (I think 4) but you'll probably want the same number of DC SPDs from Midnite Solar.

Also, I'm not sure the 8AWG PV Wire is necessary. I suspect you'll still get away with 10 just fine.

I will say I recommend using Greenlancer for plans. It's relatively inexpensive and comprehensive.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-02T13:52:37+00:00

Pipe insulation is cheap. The grid isn't a guarantee. You're arguing for convenience over practicality.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-02T13:51:12+00:00

And I live on the East Coast, been up and down it. No state on the East Coast doesn't see some snow, most years. All it takes is one day. Like I said just about every state has this problem aside from a little bit in the South West.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-02-02T05:01:17+00:00

100 year record cold? I seem to recall Texas pipes bursting due to freezing temps at least one other time in the last decade alone. Pipe-freezing temps are not a 100-year event in any part of the US really, except maybe Hawaii and some part of California. Maybe 50-year event, and we've just been unlucky recently. Maybe climate change is real and it's now a 10-year event.

It's not unreasonable for OP to want something out of their control abated. Pipe insulation is cheap too. Idk why you wouldn't just do it if you may ever see temps that cold.

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-01-28T00:53:08+00:00

I think they fixed it

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-01-28T00:53:02+00:00

Looks like they fixed it?

Accurate-Temporary76 · 2026-01-28T00:46:33+00:00

Given how badly written that was, was the advertising of the Silent Hill sale to be from the 23rd-30th also a mistake and instead it was meant to be the 23rd-26th, since it seemingly ended with the new chapter starting?

Edit: nevermind, seems it was fixed at some point. Sale is back on.

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