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Your job has an expiration date
April 14, 2028
In 1 year, 6 monthsEnjoy debugging motherboard interrupts while my code base rewrites itself daily.
Junior C++ dev stuck in a cycle of interrupts.
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Hardware drivers written by silicon, for silicon.
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You write low-level code for ATM hardware and patch bugs when bank machines stop accepting cards.
The one thing AI can't do
You can still physically bridge a jumper pin when the logic board fried at midnight.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 4
AI cleaners take over your code style formatting and documentation.
Month 4
Smart agents identify logic flaws in your firmware cycles automatically.
Month 8
Models generate drivers for new hardware components from simple specs.
Month 13
Digital twins of ATM motherboards replace your physical testing rigs.
Month 18 · D-Day
The system deploys firmware patches without any human oversight required.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 98.6%
4 cups
Coffee consumed per bug
12 hours
Code review cycles
42
Hardware resets daily
Your severance
One free ATM transaction fee waiver per year.
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