AI is just a fad, I said. It couldnt replace human coders, I said. This is just PM's beleiving the hype and reality will come crashing down around them, I said. But 8 months later, Im still unemployed and whats worse - Agentic software devlopment is actually pretty amazing.

I desire to connect with people. I long for the days where I was vulnerable and shared my struggles with engineers who charitably stepped up to support me. I miss taking what I learned from those struggles and sharing them back out as a blog post or presentation, encouraging the next person to overcome the same challenge.

It will take me a while to get back into these habits that have been…