Just a couple years ago, it made the news that CD Projekt RED (of Witcher / Cyberpunk fame) started adopting this thing called Agile.

In 2023.

Give them 2 more decades, and they will catch up with modern management and Lean Startup, too.

I've recently seen someone bragging about a badge from OpenAI about how many tokens they used.

My reaction? Well, you burned energy that would be enough to supply a few hundred households for a year. Con-fucking-gratulations!

I recently referenced Brooks' Mythical Man-Month. Already in 1975, he pointed out the issues with productivity measures such as Lines of Code (even if he didn't have much better tools).

Half a century later, we're not *that* far from LoC today...

Despite our trade being reformatted, I am optimistic that in the long run, we aren't going to be significantly worse off.

And I can't say that I'm that optimistic about some other trades.

Thanks for an extensive reply. I misread the original message a bit, as if it were joining the choir of the disadvantaged. While it was more a voice of empathy.

At a risk of being controversial: IT should be the last to complain.

We've been a privileged class for 30+ years, and we still have a disproportionately advantageous position by actually developing lots of AI solutions.

Also, as for current state of tech, we'll still be needed.