Twenty years in infrastructure, and the work doesn't look the same anymore

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

For the past couple of months I’ve been asking myself whether twenty years of experience still counts for anything, and how I’m supposed to describe my work on LinkedIn if AI is doing all the work. The engineers who don’t use AI aren’t helping. The ones who refuse to aren’t either. “Ask your robot friend.” “Is this AI slop?” “Looks vibe coded.” Each one is a way of saying the work doesn’t count because of how it got done. The shade is loud. The doubt is mine. So this post is me writing my way to an answer.

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Twenty years in infrastructure, and the work doesn't look the same anymore