I was scrolling through my usual feed recently, reading some truly amazing articles written by great authors on how to not be jealous of others and the age old dilemma of whether you should quit IT or not. It got me thinking. It really forced me to sit back, look at my terminal, and ponder a deeper question that we rarely ask ourselves in the middle of sprint cycles: Are you really happy working in tech?
We talk a lot about framework migrations, salary bumps, and optimization hacks, but we rarely audit our own joy. Let us pull back the curtain on what it actually means to be a developer today, cross examine our motivations, and figure out if you are on the right career path or just caught up in the modern hype cycle.
The Great Generative Shift
The shift started happening after all the artificial intelligence revolutions took the world by storm. Suddenly, everyone started seeing software engineering as a career filled with endless piles of money and absolute ease, especially since artificial intelligence can now do most of the heavy lifting. To top it all off, the market became flooded with no-code and low-code tools that dynamically help non-technical people build a website in minutes without needing any developer's help.
