I'm actually sad by this because it was such a place that was so foundational my development as an engineer. I visited it once in last month or so, when I had an AWS Lambda - Playwright issue that need specific settings to solve the problem but Claude, Gemini gave me a mash of the answers. I'm not complaining, but I "grew up" with Stack.
Our space no longer looks like a pyramid, I liken it to diamond-ish. New grads will simply not be able to find jobs[0] and I'm worried for anyone entering the E in STEAM (can't speak for others).
It's happening now and we're only at the tip of the iceberg. I have 2 young children and am uncertain about how to help them navigate the future.
The sword of efficiency doesn't care about my children. I mean that's my whole job right? to help people become efficient? It's just the speed and scale is insane.
My partner and I have basically decided not to have children at this point for the exact reason you stated. The rate of change at the moment is dizzying and I’m not sure that the future we’re heading toward is one that I’d want my kids to be part of.
It is dire and your conclusion is valid, having children in the face of uncertainty allows you to influence the future though. Even if it means sacrificing your children at the altar, gives them the opportunity to influence the future too.
I'm actually sad by this because it was such a place that was so foundational my development as an engineer. I visited it once in last month or so, when I had an AWS Lambda - Playwright issue that need specific settings to solve the problem but Claude, Gemini gave me a mash of the answers. I'm not complaining, but I "grew up" with Stack.
Our space no longer looks like a pyramid, I liken it to diamond-ish. New grads will simply not be able to find jobs[0] and I'm worried for anyone entering the E in STEAM (can't speak for others).
It's happening now and we're only at the tip of the iceberg. I have 2 young children and am uncertain about how to help them navigate the future.
The sword of efficiency doesn't care about my children. I mean that's my whole job right? to help people become efficient? It's just the speed and scale is insane.
More questions than answers...
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs...