The latest articles on DEV Community by Eric Tyrrell (@eric_tyrrell_03dc09610cc5). https://dev.to/eric_tyrrell_03dc09610cc5 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4180657%2Fcc34fac0-f3ce-4069-8f6c-ed7fc5708854.png https://dev.to/eric_tyrrell_03dc09610cc5 en Eric Tyrrell Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://dev.to/eric_tyrrell_03dc09610cc5/whats-worth-doing-pdb https://dev.to/eric_tyrrell_03dc09610cc5/whats-worth-doing-pdb <p>It’s difficult to determine what to work on when AI is seemingly eating everyone’s lunch. Why invest in your career if it will be obsolete in 5 years time? I’d rather not give into the feeling that I’m fucked and doomed; that intelligence will be commoditizzed; That everything I’ve lucked into and hardly earned will be taken away due to a singularity, an intellectual cataclysm, where I’m not special, nor prepared for new world. Yes, I’m being dramatic.</p> <p>But I don’t think those thoughts are unfounded. Wages will compress. Openings will close, and I’ll try my best anyhow.</p> <p>Rather than drag this post out, I’m going to list out a few things I think will practically make a difference in my life.</p> <ul> <li>Sleep well</li> <li>Lift weights</li> <li>Run / swim / bike</li> <li>Eat Healthy</li> <li>Continuous Learning <ul> <li>Foundational Computer knowledge</li> <li>Design, UX</li> <li>Business side of things</li> </ul> </li> <li>Maintain relationships</li> <li>Build new relationships</li> <li>Build a public body of work</li> <li>Speaking skills</li> <li>Read fiction</li> <li>Read nonfiction</li> </ul> <p>Not groundbreaking, but it’s mine.</p> <p>It’s actually unclear to me if having a public blog where I write, haphazardly and rarely, makes sense. I see a future where AI reads this after I submit a resume. Sees that I have typos, and that I swore, and discards me. Perhaps even the act of posting this online enables some sort of endless persecution from HR bots in some distant future. Oh well, if I don’t start now, I doubt I ever will</p> ai career mentalhealth