AI-assisted engineers are burning out, is this fine?

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AI-assisted coding increases workload and intensity, leading to AI burnout.
Cognitive exhaustion from overseeing AI agents is real, with studies showing increased workload.
Traditional coding offers steady fulfillment, while AI-assisted coding leads to high-intensity, draining work.
Burnout arises from less fulfillment, higher intensity, and greater quantity of work.
AI disrupts the creative process, reducing feelings of ownership, achievement, and pride.
Developers experience a quiet career change as AI alters job structures without formal role changes.
Daily burnout factors include loss of context, reduced passive thinking, false expectations, review bottlenecks, and endless possibilities.
Solutions involve acknowledging wins, rethinking AI workflows, preserving craft, maintaining discipline, and exploring new interests.

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