GoKawiilEngineer says Claude Code has turned coding into 12-hour 'press enter' drudgery
An anonymous software engineer posting on X as 'voxium' says his employer now uses Anthropic's Claude Code to generate specs, tests, tickets and reports, leaving staff to work 12-13 hour days largely just approving AI output. He says engineers of all seniority levels are reduced to prompting the AI, with little time to review code or fix bugs, and calls the job 'soul-sucking.'
The complaint highlights a growing tension between AI-driven productivity gains and worker morale, as management increasingly measures success by shipping speed rather than code quality or understanding. If engineers stop learning how systems actually work, companies risk losing institutional knowledge and the ability to fix problems when AI-generated code fails.
- An anonymous engineer says Claude Code has automated most coding tasks at his company, from specs to bug tickets.
- Staff reportedly work 12-13 hour days mainly approving AI output rather than writing or reviewing code themselves.
- The engineer blames leadership's focus on feature output and sprint metrics over genuine product improvement or code comprehension.
Source: techspot.com — Rob Thubron, 2026-09-22
Published there as: “Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" as workers spend 12-hour days pressing enter”
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