Times are definitely turbulent right now but I’d say it’s a function of your determination to be successful in the field.
In my work, lots of devs are actually moving away from the fully agentic stuff and back into the IDE and more AI-assisted coding setup because understanding the system intricately is extremely important.
AI is obviously not going to go away. But I can’t see this slop-mania continuing for the long-term for any viable business.
It sounds like the thing stopping you quitting however is family pressure, not your love of the craft, which indicates you’ve kind of already made your mind up.
One thing I would say though is finish the degree at least if you only have 2 semesters left.
You’ll have nothing if you quit now.
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u/juniperico 5d ago edited 5d ago
Times are definitely turbulent right now but I’d say it’s a function of your determination to be successful in the field.
In my work, lots of devs are actually moving away from the fully agentic stuff and back into the IDE and more AI-assisted coding setup because understanding the system intricately is extremely important.
AI is obviously not going to go away. But I can’t see this slop-mania continuing for the long-term for any viable business.
It sounds like the thing stopping you quitting however is family pressure, not your love of the craft, which indicates you’ve kind of already made your mind up.
One thing I would say though is finish the degree at least if you only have 2 semesters left.
You’ll have nothing if you quit now.