Title: I created this throwaway account to talk completely openly. I am an engineer with 20 years in, working mostly on web development. I have a pretty high salary in the top %5 band of my area and sector.<p>I don&#x27;t know where to start this. So let&#x27;s just jump right into it.<p>I can&#x27;t tell what will happen immediately next year. This has never happened to me before professionally. I was born a nerd, started programming early, and jobs just came to me.<p>AI scares me for job security. My entire pitch to get to top %5 of salary band has been that I have many years of experience in my specialty. Thus securing me high roles in my field along with high salary.<p>I have been already working nearly at a burn-out level for many years to reach this comp.<p>Rent is sky high. I don&#x27;t feel comfortable taking on mortgage despite having multiples of needed deposit, because I am not sure how much longer I can maintain my comp. with AI automating everything.<p>Many people share the comforting stories, that there will be other jobs for engineers&#x2F;programmers.<p>How am I supposed to retain my TC if I have to switch to another field from web?<p>I am unable to enjoy any content, movie, tv show anymore. Even the SciFi from last year, feels outdated. Reddit comments feel like they&#x27;re all AI-generated. I made an AI reddit bot myself. None noticed.<p>I use ChatGPT on a daily basis to build projects, and the more I use it, the more scared I get. It is just too powerful. The more I use it, the less proud I feel for my output. It just feels like anyone could do it.<p>Where are we really going? Can we just stop the optimistic techie talk and accept UBI is not happening... They don&#x27;t give you healthcare, do you think they will give you CASH like that???<p>I hope this doesn&#x27;t get flagged, because I really need your inputs.
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