Should You Quit Your Job?

Scott and Wes dig into a listener mailbag full of AI questions: how to bill freelance work when the tools make you faster, whether coding still matters in interviews, and if the AI bubble is about to pop. Plus sandboxing your agents, managing block-based CMS chaos, and what it takes to leave a stable job when you’re risk averse 🔥 Be the ~19,500th person to join our super tasty newsletter https://bit.ly/syntax_snackpack Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:09 Freelance Billing in the Age of AI: Who Gets the Speed Savings? 04:33 Value Based Pricing and Leveling Up Your Skills 06:37 Will Writing Code Become Irrelevant in Job Interviews? 11:05 Finding Human Answers in a Sea of AI Slop 14:57 Trust and Community Are the New Currency 15:49 Nobody Watches Conference Talks Anymore 18:18 Is the AI Bubble Going to Pop? 24:07 Where Is All the Software AI Was Supposed to Build? 26:19 AI Fatigue: When All You Do Is Review Code 30:03 Managing Large Block Based CMS Systems 38:57 Taking the Leap: Leaving a Stable Job as a Risk Averse Dev 43:45 Sandboxing Your Agents Instead of Running YOLO Mode 45:38 Will AI Companies Fingerprint and Ad Target You? 49:36 Labeling YouTube Exclusive Episodes for Podcast Listeners 52:16 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Ghostty | https://mitchellh.com/ghostty Superlogical | https://mitchellh.com/writing/superlogical Better Auth | https://better-auth.com/ AI Engineer | https://www.youtube.com/@aiDotEngineer The AI Bubble Survives on $1.65 Trillion in Hidden Debt | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXlcMbxzz0U True Cost of AI Coding | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUn1Fnfn0k Fimo | https://fimo.ai/about Sanity | https://www.sanity.io/ CJ’s Video: Every Developer Should Know This | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ulRSvQIObk Docker | https://docs.docker.com/get-started/ Colemak | https://colemak.com/ Web Audio API | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API Brave on X | https://x.com/brave/status/2091232672659972110 Sick Picks Scott: Sandpaper Pads | https://amzn.to/3SGll64, Jellyfin | https://jellyfin.org/, Apps2Samsung | https://github.com/Apps2Samsung/Apps2Samsung Wes: Hisense TV All links available at https://syntax.fm/1039 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: https://x.com/syntaxfm Scott: https://x.com/stolinski Wes: https://x.com/wesbos CJ: https://x.com/CodingGarden Randy: https://www.youtube.com/@randyrektor http://www.syntax.fm Brought to you by https://sentry.io/syntax #webdevelopment #webdeveloper #javascript #syntax #syntaxfm #webdev