Veteran Engineers Reporting Declining Job Satisfaction When Working with LLMs
Experienced software engineers who have adopted LLMs into their daily workflow report feeling less engaged and fulfilled in their work compared to before. The concern is not a technical failure but a qualitative degradation in the craft and intellectual satisfaction of engineering work. This surfaces a broader question about whether current LLM tooling is well-matched to the needs and working styles of senior engineers.
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