LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do | the human in the loop
I'm a software engineer, completing 10 years of professional experience this year. I started my career as a web frontend engineer (it was easier for me to de...
LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do – the human in the loop LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do 06 Jun, 2026 I'm a software engineer, completing 10 years of professional experience this year. I started my career as a web frontend engineer (it was easier for me to debug frontend code back then, so I chose that path), but shortly transitioned to (web) backend and never looked back. Through a series of coincidences, once I stepped into backend development, I ended up working in software development roles in the domain
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