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The Cynical Developer · September 21 · 6 min

Why AI Is Making Good Engineers More Valuable

A fear runs under a lot of AI conversations: that experienced engineers are worth less now the machine can write code. We argue it’s close to the opposite - AI raises the floor on output but raises the ceiling on judgement far more. Written by James Studdart. Voiced using an AI model of his voice.

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A fear runs under a lot of AI conversations: that experienced engineers are worth less now the machine can write code. We argue it’s close to the opposite - AI raises the floor on output but raises the ceiling on judgement far more.

Written by James Studdart. Voiced using an AI model of his voice.