Developer Fears Falling Behind Without AI Tools at Work

Santiago describes a developer whose employer forbids AI coding tools. The developer believes this role may be his last and that a layoff would leave him years behind peers. He received advice to seek new employment. Other posts note a friend who landed a $750,000 Anthropic role after studying agentic engineering. Additional comments urge personal experiments with models in free time and a shift from hand-written code toward problem solving.