This is me
I ended up leaving OpenAI, not because there's anything wrong with OAI (I actually think they're underrated as a biz), but because to me, building commercial software doesn't feel fun anymore
Because agents write ~all the code:
- There’s less human to human collaboration, so it’s a lonelier experience
- You’re constantly context switching and not going as deep into the code, which means there’s ~zero flow state
- Most of the job becomes code review and trying to reduce complexity, which is very mentally draining
Again just my experience, and none of this specific to OAI. There are many people who seem to be enjoying building software in this era!
But I've always wanted to try making films, and now seems as good a time as any
Kasra
@kasrak
maja 🔭🍒 @majamediaco
obviously self-selecting by virtue of being my friends, but i keep hearing about more and more engineer friends leaving commercial software to make art

10:20 PM UTC · Aug 25, 2026 · 1.8M Views
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