IMO the value of engineering has always been understanding the problem and designing a way to solve it. If you think about the average day of a non-entry level engineer, the vast majority of it has never been hands on keyboard typing code.
You are basically any insurance policy to your employer now - they need someone accountable when things break.
Explore new opportunities, Engineers with a problem solving mindset generally are more versatile to adapt and pick up on new skills.
I'm the HITL who knows what's needed and what good looks like, moderating chat agents and coding agents.
actual engineering, i guess... before ai-assisted coding, it was like the civil engineer laying the bricks himself.
Type "Yes" and press enter.
That's very 2025. Build an agent that does that for you.
what else to fish hahaha
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