OpenAI's Head of ChatGPT & Codex: taste is trending up, typing speed is trending down
lennysan · x · 2026-10-07
Lenny's Newsletter shared observations from Thibault Sottiaux, OpenAI's Head of ChatGPT & Codex, on which skills are rising and falling in the AI era.
- Trending up: great taste, passion to build something that matters, knowing what good looks like.
- Trending down: typing fast.
The takeaway: as AI absorbs execution work, direction-setting and quality judgment become the scarce skills, not operational speed.
Related event: ChatGPT Lead Says Taste and Judgment Rise in Value in the AI Era(2 posts)→
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