u/Dazzling_Purple_509

AI is the only thing that I hear about at the workplace every day.

Everyone is using it.

Managers want more AI automation. Non devs are using it to write code. So many slop PRs raised every day.

I am a mid to senior level engineer.

Most of the my day goes in reviewing the mess of the AI code written by others. At this from the outside it looks like my freshman teammate is shipping more features than me because writing code is fast , reviewing it takes the longest.

PM are quickly creating prototypes and then questioning our timelines for everything. QEs are using AI to create tickets automatically and I have to sort through bunch of mis labeled and wrongly assigned tickets based on "AI analysis".

Then there is the constant fear of layoffs. It's slowly sucking the life out of me.

How are people dealing with this?

Sorry if it looks like a rant. Just wanted to give the full picture.

I 30M feel always tired because of the overwhelming amount of thoughts i have.

Be it carreer, relationships, fitness everywhere i feel like I am not doing well and I need to do more. I am constantly comparing, criticizing myself.

I can even lie down to rest. I don't even take a sick leave from work now because at the end of it I am still tired. The thoughts are never ending. I want to do everything but feel like doing nothing.

I want to get better at making connections with people but I am super shy and introverted.

I want to get better at my job but my soft skills suck.

I want get better at things but I don't feel like doing anything.

I just sit and waste time and later feel guilty.

I don't know how to get out of this situation. I feel like it's impossible to turn my life around now and there is nothing I can do.