And many employers now require you to code faster, which is only possible with AI tooling. They don't understand that coding faster isn't always better.
replyIs this related to what business your employer is in? In other words, is their business producing code, or is code written to support some other business?
replyOr is this just everywhere now?
Everywhere. Normally adding an extra endpoint to the REST API would take a sprint. Now PM expects you to do two. Only way to get that done is a lot of vibe-coding and delivering sub-par results.
replyHow is that enforced though? At any normal workplace they will ask you "how long is this going to take"?
replyIt depends on the management. Mine asks that, but others within my company get "this is going to be done by [DATE]".
replyAnd no one argues about unrealistic deadlines?
replyA few firings of those that do under this job market convince the rest not to.
replyJob market in Western Europe isn't doing so well right now. Better not make a big deal out of it.
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