Engineers who just grind specs with no business sense are seeing their value eroded by AI
paul_cal · x · 2026-10-13
Quoting the view that software engineers are employed to understand and direct the social contract holding a business together — and AI won't save a single meeting — the author adds that many companies tolerate engineers with little product or business sense who merely drill on specs, and those people's commercial value is being dramatically eroded.
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