Is it just me, or did everyone quietly stop being a "developer" and become an "operator"?
A developer humorously describes a shift in their role from coding to "operating" AI agents. They detail a daily routine of interacting with multiple AI sessions like Claude Code and Codex, approving commands, and orchestrating their outputs. This evolution is framed as a career path from developer to operator, and eventually to a supervisor of AI agents, likening it to a lighthouse keeper overseeing operations.
This post offers a first-person account of how AI tools are changing the daily work of developers, unlike more abstract discussions of AI's impact.
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- 2026年10月9日 21:20
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- 2026年10月10日 02:00
- 来源类型
- 开发者社区
- 档位
- 社区
- 信源状态
- 正常
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A year ago I wrote code. Now I "operate" agents. I have a terminal with four Claude Code sessions, a review bot, and a job title I gave myself.
My actual day:
- Type "continue"
- Approve a bash command I didn't read
- Tell Codex to check what Claude did
- Tell Claude what Codex said
- Refer to this as "orchestration" in standup
Career path as I understand it: developer → operator → supervisor of operators → person who watches the agents through a window, like a lighthouse keeper.
What are you calling yourself these days?