The Senior Engineer's AI Trap: Why Experience Works Against You
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The engineers I worry about most aren't the juniors struggling to break in.
They're the 10-year veterans who've added AI tools to their workflow, are producing work at roughly the same pace they were 18 months ago, and have concluded that AI is "useful but overhyped."
The junior who's struggling at least knows there's a problem to solve. The senior who's plateaued often doesn't.