A Menlo Ventures partner told Business Insider that software engineers are experiencing burnout and identity crisis because companies are using AI to generate code, then assigning engineers to fix and debug the AI output instead of doing creative engineering work. This is real reporting from a credible tech outlet citing a VC perspective. The article reflects actual industry sentiment but doesn't fully explore whether this is widespread across all companies or concentrated in specific sectors — some engineering roles are still doing novel work while others have shifted to AI maintenance.