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According to a survey of tech workers, the top concern is the expectation to do more work for the same pay, ranking higher than the fear of losing a job to AI.
A survey of tech workers found that the workforce is bifurcated, with half feeling incredible and energized by AI, while the other half feel their work is worse and their "brain is rotting."
The impact of AI on a tech worker's professional identity has approximately three times the effect on their job satisfaction than factors like manager effectiveness or being a founder.
A survey categorizes tech workers' response to AI into four groups: 50% feel "amplified," 27% feel their role is being "redefined," 14% feel "destabilized," and 5% feel "diminished."
The percentage of tech workers reporting significant burnout increased from 44.7% in 2025 to 54.7% in 2026.
Optimism among tech workers regarding the future of their roles and careers fell from 54.8% in 2025 to 48.7% in 2026.
A survey found that no professional role in the tech industry, including founders, has a positive Net Promoter Score (NPS) for recommending their career to others.
Tech workers report that while AI allows them to produce more work faster, it does not improve the quality of their work and may be leading to a decline in their thinking and judgment skills, a phenomenon described as "cognitive rot."
Founders and employees at smaller companies consistently report being the happiest people in the tech industry.
Burnout among tech workers increases linearly with company size, from the lowest levels at 1-10 person startups to the highest at companies with over 5,000 employees.
Manager effectiveness has a massive impact on employee well-being, with an extremely effective manager correlating to 65% higher job enjoyment and dramatically lower burnout.
In a survey of tech workers, only 3% reported that AI has not shifted their professional identity.