in a class on using AI for data analysis and i genuinely don't want to work in information technology anymore. none of this shit works and everyone is required to use it anyway. it sounds like hell. i would literally rather flip burgers or whatever.
feels like the worst time to be alive if you are the kind of person who is passionate about learning to do things the right way.
just fucking dark. everything is so dark right now.

@peter

i couldn't take it any more. i quit tech six months ago and now i drive a city bus. best decision ever. i've never been happier or healthier.

@peter @saltywizard I know a few other former tech workers who drive city buses now, from well before the rise of AI.

@tk @peter

yeah, it wasn't really AI that burnt me out, either. just the culture in general. but, to be fair, i was doing a lot of defense contracting and that's a whole thing, too.