Software Engineers Face an AI 'Identity Crisis,' VC Partner Says - Business Insider

Even the tech experts are burning out fixing AI's mistakes. So why are you still feeling like the problem is you? You bought the tool. Maybe hired someone to set it up. Now it sits there, costing $2

Even the tech experts are burning out fixing AI's mistakes.

So why are you still feeling like the problem is you?

You bought the tool. Maybe hired someone to set it up. Now it sits there, costing $200 a month while your team works around it. That's not failure — that's what happens when AI gets sold as a plug-and-play solution instead of a starting point.

Here's what Business Insider just surfaced: even software engineers are frustrated right now. Companies are pushing AI so hard that their own technical teams are spending more time cleaning up AI errors than doing actual work. The hype outran the reality — for them too.

This matters for you. It means the confusion you feel isn't a gap in your intelligence. It's a gap in how AI has been positioned and sold. The tool isn't the strategy. Deployment without a clear problem to solve guarantees shelf-ware.

The fix isn't a bigger tool or a better consultant. It's starting with one broken workflow — something your team complains about weekly — and asking whether AI can reduce that friction alone.

One problem. One test. Thirty days.

What AI tool did you buy that your team quietly stopped using — and what was supposed to change?

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Some companies' push to maximize AI use is leaving some engineers fixing AI-generated code, fueling burnout and frustration, a VC partner said.