--- title: Change Creates Opportunity. It Also Sucks. | daily.dev description: A decade after writing the viral essay 'Give Away Your Legos,' the author reflects on how its message about embracing change applies to the AI era. She argues... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/change-creates-opportunity-it-also-sucks--9fb2csq4i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Change Creates Opportunity. It Also Sucks. | daily.dev og:description: A decade after writing the viral essay 'Give Away Your Legos,' the author reflects on how its message about embracing change applies to the AI era. She argues... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/change-creates-opportunity-it-also-sucks--9fb2csq4i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9fB2cSQ4I.png og:image:alt: Change Creates Opportunity. It Also Sucks. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Change Creates Opportunity. It Also Sucks. **[Tech Lead Digest](https://daily.dev/sources/techleaddigest)** · 13 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A decade after writing the viral essay 'Give Away Your Legos,' the author reflects on how its message about embracing change applies to the AI era. She argues change creates opportunity but also genuinely hurts, and that people should grieve what's being lost rather than forcing excitement. She distinguishes giving work to AI from giving it to humans, noting AI requires ongoing oversight and cognitive load rather than true delegation. She now believes some things, like judgment, taste, and accountability, shouldn't be outsourced to AI, reversing her earlier advice to give everything away. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@michaellarkin** · 0 upvotes > _One of the things I've learned about change is that forcing yourself to be excited about it rarely makes you more adaptable. Usually it just means you're ignoring a bunch of very real feelings that will eventually catch up with you._ > > > I work in an environment where all change is expected to be celebrated and dissent is frowned upon and the quote resonated with me quite a bit. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI can’t save you from your own stupidity.](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-can-t-save-you-from-your-own-stupidity--4btxcx5ny) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Make it anyway](https://daily.dev/posts/make-it-anyway-dsiqmgjij) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I Miss Writing Code](https://daily.dev/posts/i-miss-writing-code-yxc7ryasd) · iamluminousmen · 0 upvotes · 1 comments - [Leave Me Behind](https://daily.dev/posts/leave-me-behind-m5nlnv2v2) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/change-creates-opportunity-it-also-sucks--9fb2csq4i) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Change Creates Opportunity. 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