My whole career I yearned for green field projects but somehow predominantly worked on existing grown code bases and legacy projects.
That naturally meant reading and understanding more code than writing. Sometimes my LOC count was even negative, and I was proud of that accomplishment.
Now with AI I write even less and I've given up on the dream to gain fulfillment that way. The ability to quickly understand large amounts of code from questionable sources, be them machine or human, should hopefully stay valuable until my retirement, especially when supported by AI? What do you think?
That naturally meant reading and understanding more code than writing. Sometimes my LOC count was even negative, and I was proud of that accomplishment.
Now with AI I write even less and I've given up on the dream to gain fulfillment that way. The ability to quickly understand large amounts of code from questionable sources, be them machine or human, should hopefully stay valuable until my retirement, especially when supported by AI? What do you think?