If you want to feel something with software, leave the industry and never look back, saving programming as something you do for your own joy/reward (I'm not being hyperbolic—I'd argue we're in the early days of the web's "dark ages").

Unfortunately, once money came into the picture, quality, innovation, and anything resembling true progress flew out the window.

Arguably this is like every other automation in the Industrial Revolution but this time for knowledge workers.

The masses will get their metaphorical fake leather belts made by slave labor operating machines and won’t know better.

A few artisans will make very little money making the real thing manually, mostly for their own enjoyment.

This is assuming AI can actually be made to lower knowledge work’s training/education requirements, and that debate is still ongoing.

> Please someone, make me feel something with software again.

Work with what you love, and you will never love anything again.

There is cool stuff out there! Look beyond the companies with $B valuations and you can find smart, passionate people making neat stuff.

Challenge accepted