Lenny’s Newsletter reports that the tech workforce is increasingly split over AI’s effect on careers, with roughly half of workers feeling empowered by the technology and the other half feeling destabilized by shifting roles and expectations. It cites survey data showing burnout among tech professionals rising to 55.7% from 44.7% a year earlier, alongside a decline in career optimism from 54.8% to 48.7%. The piece notes that despite productivity gains from AI tools, workers’ primary worry is being expected to do more work for unchanged pay rather than outright job loss.
