I’m a manager over 5 infra devs, I’ve been pretty strongly against AI since the beginning, but the company has pushed it hard and gave us a “all you can use, see what you can do with it” mandate. It’s hard to push back, so the best I can do is add team wide guardrails. Some things I’ve noticed:
Pros:
- we're able to work on more things simultaneously.
- deployment velocity is way faster
- team members have become less siloed and more full stack
- people are able use AI todo more in depth analysis
- more new issues found and ticketed
Cons:
- less personal ownership
- more time spent pushing back on AI answers (ornotand going down time wasting rabbit holes)
- more pressure todo more and invent the "next big thing" instead of focusing on what we already know needs doing
- first stepof problem solving isto ask Claude, not actually think about the issue or why it's happening
- less true understanding of how things work together orwith different pieces actually do
- more duplication of work
- more "Well Claude said" instead of"I found that"
- less "how do I solve ___" instead "How can I get Claude to solve ___"
- way more huge comments in code, but not readable or human understandable comments. Same with documentation and PR/Commit messages.
And personally, I feel a lot less motivated and like I now have to manage 5 people and 20 extra entry-level/intern level people. I feel pressured by those around me and above me to do more and I have less time… and I feel way less respected, challenged, appreciated, and get no positive dopamine hit from solving issues or getting things done.
AI is likely one of the biggest brain-drain’s ever to hit the industry and it has sapped all of the enjoyment out of my job.
As much as I want to use AI to move my home lab projects forward, I want to enjoy it… and vibe coding my hobby is a great way to make it no longer my hobby, just like it sapped all of the love out of my job. So the lab sits there because I’m mentally drained at the end of the day, and pissed off at the political and technological directions of my hobby.
I’m a manager over 5 infra devs, I’ve been pretty strongly against AI since the beginning, but the company has pushed it hard and gave us a “all you can use, see what you can do with it” mandate. It’s hard to push back, so the best I can do is add team wide guardrails. Some things I’ve noticed:
Pros: - we're able to work on more things simultaneously. - deployment velocity is way faster - team members have become less siloed and more full stack - people are able use AI to do more in depth analysis - more new issues found and ticketed Cons: - less personal ownership - more time spent pushing back on AI answers (or not and going down time wasting rabbit holes) - more pressure to do more and invent the "next big thing" instead of focusing on what we already know needs doing - first step of problem solving is to ask Claude, not actually think about the issue or why it's happening - less true understanding of how things work together or with different pieces actually do - more duplication of work - more "Well Claude said" instead of "I found that" - less "how do I solve ___" instead "How can I get Claude to solve ___" - way more huge comments in code, but not readable or human understandable comments. Same with documentation and PR/Commit messages.And personally, I feel a lot less motivated and like I now have to manage 5 people and 20 extra entry-level/intern level people. I feel pressured by those around me and above me to do more and I have less time… and I feel way less respected, challenged, appreciated, and get no positive dopamine hit from solving issues or getting things done.
AI is likely one of the biggest brain-drain’s ever to hit the industry and it has sapped all of the enjoyment out of my job.
As much as I want to use AI to move my home lab projects forward, I want to enjoy it… and vibe coding my hobby is a great way to make it no longer my hobby, just like it sapped all of the love out of my job. So the lab sits there because I’m mentally drained at the end of the day, and pissed off at the political and technological directions of my hobby.