The knitting machine ate your job.
Your company sells pullovers. Not knitting.
You work at a pullover company.
You’re there because you know how to knit.
You’re good at it. Maybe even excellent.
But the business doesn’t care about knitting.
Now there's a knitting machine.
Faster. More consistent. Cheaper.
What happens to you?
3 Types That Won't Survive
1.
The Translator PO → Code → Business
2.
The 9-to-5 Knitter Pattern in, output out.
3.
The Artisan “I’m here to code, not understand the business.”
The Translator?
LLMs are better translators.
They don't ask for smaller tickets.
The 9-to-5?
Machines don't need coffee breaks.
And their output is more consistent.
The Artisan?
Beautiful code. No pullover.
Craft for craft's sake doesn't ship products.
What survives:
Passion.
Herzblut
/ˈhɛʁt͡sˌbluːt/
Mediocre work gets automated.
Passion doesn’t.
The uncomfortable truth:
”If you learned to code 10 years ago and now you’re coasting—you’re fucked.”
— Theo, t3.gg