---
title: "I got an email about resistance"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-got-an-email-about-resistance-hldlgu1e3
source_url: https://seangoedecke.com/i-got-an-email-about-resistance
type: article
source: "sean goedecke"
published: 2026-08-09T03:13:32.752Z
updated: 2026-08-09T03:14:21.671Z
tags: ["career", "ai-agents"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# I got an email about resistance

**[sean goedecke](https://daily.dev/sources/seangoedecke)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A software engineering blogger shares a reader email challenging his pragmatic, non-resistant stance toward AI displacing programmers, and his detailed response. The reader accuses him of complicity for not advocating resistance to AI-driven job displacement. The author defends his position by drawing a parallel to the Industrial Revolution and the Luddites: he prioritizes protecting vulnerable junior and mid-level engineers from career-damaging idealistic choices over rallying people to resist automation. He argues that encouraging resistance from a position of safety, while others bear the consequences, is hypocritical and potentially harmful.

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