Life honestly felt simpler before AI
I don’t know if I’m the only one feeling this, but life felt way simpler before AI exploded everywhere.
I feel like I’m in a constant cycle of stress about upskilling. Every day there’s some new model, new framework, new tool, new trend. I keep asking myself: Which track do I even choose? Which stack will still be relevant in a few years? If I pivot into something new and invest months learning it, what if the market shifts again? And if I switch stacks, how do I even find jobs in that new area when my previous experience is in a completely different stack and role?
Earlier, things felt more stable. You had your domain, your role, your tech stack, and while things changed, it didn’t feel like the ground beneath you was moving every week. Now it feels like every day there are new updates and suddenly people are saying, “You also need to learn this now.”
I’m genuinely confused whether AI has helped us more than it has harmed us. Yes, productivity has gone up, and some people are benefiting massively. But for a lot of regular people it feels like we’re just scrambling for job security and trying not to become irrelevant.
Sometimes it feels like a select few companies are making billions while everyone else is anxiously trying to keep up.
Am I overthinking this, or are other people feeling the same thing?