Jumping on the band (bland?) wagon

I left my job and am starting a new project. Both my personal and the global environment converge to make this the best time, and likely the best there’ll ever be, to start the adventure. Or at least I managed to convince myself of that.

Software is going through an AI revolution. Being a software engineer today is being an 18th century farmer transported overnight to the 21st century. We’re producing huge quantities in no time, and it looks great. And the wheat then harvests itself and turns into bread while we sleep. The bread does taste a little bland, but can we afford to care at this stage? The AI revolution is both transforming how we make software, and the software itself. An overnight double revolution.

And I am also facing my own internal revolution. I am mid-life and mid-career, and I cannot ignore my internal voices anymore. For half my life, these voices have been telling me to start trusting myself. And I have another half-life to go. A half-life is both too long to stay where I am, and enough time to build a career on my own terms. In short, now is the time.

This triple revolution is happening to many others who are also making the jump. And it’s great not to be alone on the journey. It also means the problem I want to solve is already being solved by many. But like in any ecosystem, there are infinite ways to solve similar problems, and thrive. And we have a whole new ecosystem to fill. I just hope my attempt will be unique enough to avoid that bland taste.