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You're still doing 75% of what you did before.

Now the syntax is handled for you, you have a research assistant, and someone that can really dig through the details for you.

The rest ... is still there.

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>> You're still doing 75% of what you did before.

No, I really am not. I'm doing maybe 10% of what I did before. The rest is filled up by other, usually higher order tasks like planning, product management and work orchestration.

I'm using multiple agents to do work, with sub-agent orchestration, and it's still mostly coding.

I feel as though we are all doing the work of 2 people + an Architect, not so much 'Product' issues, although I'm sure it varies.

But I can't imagine how any actual software is written with 10% of the effort.

Yeah, if anything I feel as if I’m working twice as hard for the same pay. I’m working through 10 “concepts” per week rather than 5 “concepts”. It’s like taking an accelerated university course (Calc 1&2 or Chem 1&2) except it’s every day for the rest of my career.

This is the underrated comment of the day.

Software was always intellectual work, this is Engineering Short Order Cook kind of stuff.

That's like including your commute as a part of your job. That's not what people are talking about when they say coding is solved.

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