---
title: "Developers are burned out, disengaged, and facing an AI-powered reset, a survey of 30,000 workers found"
description: "A Stack Overflow survey of about 30,000 developers found wide adoption of AI coding tools alongside burnout, disengagement, and distrust of AI-generated output."
kind: "wire"
section: "Work"
author: "Josh Alley"
author_url: "https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley"
published: "2026-10-06T17:46:31.311Z"
updated: "2026-10-06T17:46:31.311Z"
canonical: "https://hastalavista.ai/work/developers-are-burned-out-disengaged-and-facing-an-ai-powered-reset-a-survey-of"
source_url: "https://www.businessinsider.com/developers-are-burned-out-as-ai-coding-reshapes-work-survey-2026-10"
source_name: "Business Insider"
---

# Developers are burned out, disengaged, and facing an AI-powered reset, a survey of 30,000 workers found

*A Stack Overflow survey of about 30,000 developers found wide adoption of AI coding tools alongside burnout, disengagement, and distrust of AI-generated output.*

By [Josh Alley](https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley) · October 6, 2026

Source: [Developers are burned out, disengaged, and facing an AI-powered reset, a survey of 30,000 workers found](https://www.businessinsider.com/developers-are-burned-out-as-ai-coding-reshapes-work-survey-2026-10) — Business Insider