I think this might be the key point to be honest, though not quite in the way the article suggests:
> My bet is that AI pushes salaries further apart. To be employable, there's a bar you have to clear and that bar is whatever the current best model du jour can do.
Since well, there are a lot of jobs in the tech industry that for all extents can be 'solved' with AI. Like if you're developing themes and plugins for a CMS (like say, WordPress), something like Claude can do a very passable job at that exact type of work.
So, only the more senior developers are even needed in that type of work anymore. And even they only need to review what the LLMs provide and fix issues maybe 10% of the time.
Hence the most basic, most entry level friendly engineering opportunities are likely about to be decimated. If your work involves building simple themes and plugins, managing the website of a small to medium sized business or being contracted to build sites for mum and pop companies, then your job security right now is questionable at best.
Being better/more skilled than AI is basically the bar you need to clear to find meaningful employment in this field now.
> My bet is that AI pushes salaries further apart. To be employable, there's a bar you have to clear and that bar is whatever the current best model du jour can do.
Since well, there are a lot of jobs in the tech industry that for all extents can be 'solved' with AI. Like if you're developing themes and plugins for a CMS (like say, WordPress), something like Claude can do a very passable job at that exact type of work.
So, only the more senior developers are even needed in that type of work anymore. And even they only need to review what the LLMs provide and fix issues maybe 10% of the time.
Hence the most basic, most entry level friendly engineering opportunities are likely about to be decimated. If your work involves building simple themes and plugins, managing the website of a small to medium sized business or being contracted to build sites for mum and pop companies, then your job security right now is questionable at best.
Being better/more skilled than AI is basically the bar you need to clear to find meaningful employment in this field now.