SDE-2 who barely writes code anymore, spending days orchestrating AI agents, worries about losing his technical edge
trustmebrohog · reddit · 2026-10-01
An SDE-2 engineer reports that for 4-5 months he has barely written traditional code — his days go to guiding AI tools, reviewing architectures, and orchestrating agents. Velocity is up, but he worries hands-off coding will erode his technical edge, and asks how other mid/senior engineers are adapting their workflows to stay indispensable.
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