What is my job now that AI does half of it?
Using AI tools makes people feel trapped between betraying their craft and facing career suicide because they no longer know what their actual job or responsibilities are. This bind leaves them questioning their new role while feeling like they are ruined either way.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using AI tools secretly or in a grey area while fearing the long-term consequences
- 2Avoiding AI tools to maintain traditional development fundamentals
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/hubspot1 person · September 2026
“I'm wondering what my "new" job is now that AI is doing a chunk of it?”source ↗
Sad_Horse9879 · r/hubspot · 15 upvotes
Where this came up
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- 24Why does fixing AI mistakes take longer than doing it myself?