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At the centre In this era fluency with AI tools beats years of accumulated experience, so seniority is now a liability rather than an edge. Holds SASam Altman Read this korrent →

• Similar wording Leaning on AI trades knowledge for speed, and the price may be a generation of programmers in which juniors stay juniors forever. Holds THThePrimeagen
• Similar wording The stable one-profession career is becoming a thing of the past; what will still be needed alongside AI is reasoning with abstractions and problem-solving when things go wrong. Holds TTTerence Tao
• Similar wording Within a couple of decades there will not be many people who can write, because AI has removed the pressure to learn. Holds PGPaul Graham
• Similar wording This is the golden age of the junior programmer, because AI is an amplifier and the people learning quickly get amplified most. Holds KBKent Beck
• Similar wording People will matter more in an AI future, not less, and giving them better tools is what makes that future a good one. Holds MZMark Zuckerberg
• Similar wording AI does not remove a job so much as change what it consists of, and knowing exactly where a model's capabilities stop is now part of being a good engineer. Holds DFDylan Field
• Similar wording A company that stops hiring new graduates because AI makes juniors look unnecessary will have no senior engineers in a few years' time. Holds TPThuan Pham
• Similar wording AI gives an individual contributor so much leverage that one very senior product manager beats three entry-level ones. Holds TVTom Verrilli