As a senior product manager I also believe the concept of the 100x engineer is dead because AI is the 1000x engineer. The only thing separating you and the machine will be fungible skills: conveying complex technical information to others, empathy, leadership (google even has a test solely for leadership)
@@JoshtheFifith Sure happy to clarify. Empathy is a soft skill, one of the main 8 skills heavily scored in Meta's behavioral interview. It is the ability "to understand and share the feelings of another person". How do you boost the morale of individual members of your team, all of whom could be completely different from one another? How do you resolve personal conflicts in your team? These are just some of the many inevitable issues a leader will face, which all require some level of empathy.
This is an insightful thought. Perhaps the notion of "engineer" will change. AI will certainly create new jobs -- we'll be doing a dive into "AI Jobs" very soon, hope to see you there!
I've started to code in elementary school, ended as IT Technican. Found first job at game development, then second one and finally the third job is somewhere between automation and games, but... I started to design electronics. Now, I have my self-crafted smarthome system that is not only software, but also hardware. My wife was not so excited initially, but now she got used to the added value. I think, the problem solving capabilities will still play a key role in IT, no matter how much is delegated to AI. Sometimes AI is unable to get deeper look into the problem due as the context that machine knows is limited.
This is an amazing comment! Your growth demonstrates the inventiveness and autonomous problem solving that Codesmith founder Will Sentance calls "capacity" building. No matter the new technologies, we will always need Leader problem solvers at the front lines prioritizing our needs from a human lens.
these companies ran out of ideas and expect engineer's to be unicorns, do everything, including product design and managing others. when they say "soft skills" they just mean do other peoples job. if you actually have valuable soft skills like selling, along with technical skills and domain knowledge, you should be an entrepreneur.
We need more content from Cyrus. He's so right about the 100x engineers in the corner haha I bet he's got some stories from inside Tesla! Coding skills are so transient I love what he says about being a generalist to survive in the AI ML tech market - marrying soft skills with tech skills to create optionality in your career/life
I think the companies that best leverage the opportunities presented by AI and ML will be those ones that empower their SWEs to bolster/accelerate their work with new tools, and also give them the opportunity and training to work on other non-technical skills like PM'ing, communicating between tech teams and the non-tech stakeholders in the company (like CEOs, Shareholders, stuff like that). The employees that don't show much interest or aptitude for getting better constantly and using new tools available to level up their work/contributions to their company will probably get replaced by AI or ML tools that fill that gap. But those tools aren't going to fill in for technical employees who also have other non-tech skills for a long time - probably never.
As a senior AI engineer, it makes sense to me that eventually AI will code for us, but what make people believe it won't also go for your soft skills job. It might even be easier for AI to do just that as we already have LLM that speak and write better than most humans...
@@TheCactuar124 Nothing. There is nothing for 99 percent of us. The best you can hope for is winning the fight for the super wealthy's garbage or maybe becoming a petty warlord in the land of trash.
There's so many misconceptions about AI and ML's effects on tech and technologists out there today! Cyrus is right on the money here! Those who last the course will be those who always excelled regardless of the tech boom - the engineers who show initiative to harness new tools AND who stay on top learning new stacks and build up their soft skills (speaking writing, project managing, etc) - while those who just coast along with the current tech skills will eventually get nudged out by AI ML tools that make them redundant. That happens in most fields and always has. But you can avoid being left behind by constantly skill stacking and making sure AI works for you, not instead of you!
Yeah I definitely agree that the nature of the ecosystem will be unique , vibrant and dynamic unlike we have ever seen.. Best of the best resouce will be there due to the high optimization of the resource output.
"learn to build, learn to sell" like he said - both become increasingly important for software engineers in the workforce after graduating Codesmith. Need soft skills too.
I think people are getting ahead of themselves and overestimating the influence of AI. First of all, it is not that advanced. If you throw it a harder problem to solve, it starts going in circles and could really mislead an engineer, wasting their time even further. However, more importantly, where does AI come from? Does it fall from the sky? Does it grow in the woods? No, it doesn't! Large corps are behind it. And even if they are charging small fees now, so people can get on board and use it, this will not be the case in the future. Once they establish these new monopolies, they will absolutely abuse their power and start charging big bucks. Then companies will realize they can't get rid of programmers that easily, even if they dream about it. What, are you telling me that instead of doing things the old proven way, where on one side is the company and on the other side is the engineer and they sit down and discuss responsibilities on both sides, shake hands, sign a contract and get to work - now these same companies are going to negotiate with Open AI, Google... and tell them how the contract will look like. Yea, sure! Good luck to your sh!ty little start up even contacting any of these corporations, let alone telling them how you want their AI to work for you and under what conditions. I'm dying to see how that plays out for you. You forget that it's all about money and control. If it was that easy to replace coders, most other jobs would be gone by now too. And you start directly with the idea of replacing the people who do the hardest job in a software company, write the actual code, really? ...not the HR people who mostly drink coffee and chat all day, not some useless "product owners" or someone else, but straight with the programmers! Keep dreaming! And lastly, in the future even more software is expected to be created and maintained. Whole countries are now competing for dominance. Someone will win that race, but guess what... that's not going to be the country that thinks that engineers are obsolete! That's for sure. So watch out about China and others. ...because when that happens, you'll start saying that you didn't see it coming. Well someone is seeing it
Thanks for sharing your thoughts-there’s definitely a lot to consider about AI’s role in engineering and the tech industry overall! You’re absolutely right that the demand for skilled programmers isn’t going anywhere. AI might change how some tasks are approached, but the need for engineers to solve complex problems, design solutions, and drive innovation remains strong, especially with global competition increasing. For those looking to future-proof their careers, training in software engineering alongside AI/ML can be a powerful combination. Programs like our AI/ML technical leadership program aim to provide a robust foundation in the latest AI techniques. This way, engineers are equipped with the toolkit to understand, develop, and leverage it strategically within real-world constraints and industry dynamics. It’s about staying versatile and informed-AI may not replace programmers, but knowing how to work with it can definitely elevate what engineers bring to the table. Thanks again for your perspective, it is always amazing coming across likeminded people to our team at Codesmith!
20+ yoe. I seems like the past 10 years have been soft skills + coding. I cannot imagine just writing code without having a bit of say-so in its product development.
So glad this came up in my feed! These are my thoughts on AI exactly. Yes it can be a threat, but only to those who saw learning a few coding skills as the gateway to the easy life. AI is a massive opportunity to those willing to learn how to leverage it, let it do the lower level programming while software engs focus on the higher level architectures and overall just managing big projects!
As cs first scares me doing 4 years engineer worthless Every day seeing a video ai can beat coder you make something easily can copy but zero motivationa But I will try my best good at soft skills I want to know learning about marketing leadership skills is good for future
The limitation of AI is that they cannot interact with the real world yet, therefore they need human input but once they have bodies aka robots then we will probably be doomed
His Linkedin doesn't say anything really about what he was doing at Tesla. Zero details, only vague "building really cool 0-to-1 internal stuff. Software & product". For a Senior SWE it doesn't look convenient at all.
Senior citizen provides meaningful to themselves and the others based on their experience. That data that is something not easy to get or collect because it require to go into the unknown.
Cyrus says “Learn to tell stories. Learn to build stuff”. The problem is these are fundamentally different mindsets If you love storytelling, it can be a huge adjustment to spend hours struggling to figure out some complex engineering problem But you have to. That’s where the breakthroughs happen. When I most want to get away from a problem, if I can force myself to stick it out for 1 more minute, that’s when the insight crystalizes. It’s almost like our minds ‘resist’ that moment of clarity I love getting to dig into these sorts of ideas with Cyrus. Yes they’re about the rise of AI, but they’re also about the deeper nature of what doing fulfilling work looks like
Its simple, asia/india has tens of millions of software coders all ready to work for just above minimum wage. Every year hundreds of thousands more become available. Capital has the ability to access low cost labor from anywhere in the world. This further drives cost down. Its an amazing time to be capital and a horrible time to be labor. I cant believe I am going to say this but if you are looking for a career then building a business in the trades is your best outcome - compete locally without competition from low cost countries. Electrician, HVAC, Plumbing, Construction, etc. Its still competitive but you wont be competing against 100k new indian coders every 12 months.
Half of MLEs and AI Engs are on the research side now - it's researchers that companies need to build new AI ML products just as much as software engineers
Ever since the very beginning of expert systems the manager's wet dream is SW that does the programming, nowadays called AI. All in order to get rid of the annoying human SW developers, they would only see as incapable humans holding them back. In reality this is not going to happen neither in the near future nor any time in the future.
Some bootcamp bottom who supposably is trying to "advance the open source community via contribution" (quote from his github) has a locked GitHub account. What a surprise, I wonder why he wants no one seeing his code? Got chewed up and spit out from investment banking and has come into tech thinking he has a leg up because he has 5 buttons undone at all times and that "he can speak".. Spends the entire video making these broad generalizations that all current software engineers are basically losers who will eventually be obsolete (for no reason lol) and the good ones will be relegated to the dungeons to keep everything working while everyone else reads the 48 laws of power, pretends to work and plays politics. What a goose.
Just wanted to say how I love this comment so much. Also his point at 4:46 is so idiotic it blows my mind, like being interested in tech and abstractions precludes you from forming sentences like a normal human being. I personally, even as an engineer, find I amm more eloquent than most of the people around, I just prefer not to spend much time around bullshitters like him, if I don't have to. Dude's a clown.
As a senior product manager I also believe the concept of the 100x engineer is dead because AI is the 1000x engineer. The only thing separating you and the machine will be fungible skills: conveying complex technical information to others, empathy, leadership (google even has a test solely for leadership)
I heard a Dir of Engineering talk about being a 100x engineer via growing 10 people 10x - that's how you scale impact
what does leadership have to do with empathy I cant wrap my head around what your saying
@@JoshtheFifith this is how PMs talk
@@avgspacelover corporate mumbo jumbo talk
@@JoshtheFifith Sure happy to clarify. Empathy is a soft skill, one of the main 8 skills heavily scored in Meta's behavioral interview. It is the ability "to understand and share the feelings of another person".
How do you boost the morale of individual members of your team, all of whom could be completely different from one another? How do you resolve personal conflicts in your team? These are just some of the many inevitable issues a leader will face, which all require some level of empathy.
If AI can genuinely replace a programmer, then it can replace 99% of other office jobs.
Yah absolutely but where company's hire 10 people...after ai dominance there hiring will be 1-4 very skilled full people only
This was awesome! Despite the scary title it's actually super helpful tips on how to stay in the game as an engineer!
Code + Media + Capital + Labor = Leverage. Brilliant stuff!
Enjoying this series from Codesmith's grads, really cool people you're featuring.
The more technology you introduce, the more engineers you’ll need to make sure it works. It’s like when we thought computers would make us work less
I hope you’re right
This is an insightful thought. Perhaps the notion of "engineer" will change. AI will certainly create new jobs -- we'll be doing a dive into "AI Jobs" very soon, hope to see you there!
I've started to code in elementary school, ended as IT Technican. Found first job at game development, then second one and finally the third job is somewhere between automation and games, but... I started to design electronics. Now, I have my self-crafted smarthome system that is not only software, but also hardware. My wife was not so excited initially, but now she got used to the added value. I think, the problem solving capabilities will still play a key role in IT, no matter how much is delegated to AI. Sometimes AI is unable to get deeper look into the problem due as the context that machine knows is limited.
This is an amazing comment! Your growth demonstrates the inventiveness and autonomous problem solving that Codesmith founder Will Sentance calls "capacity" building.
No matter the new technologies, we will always need Leader problem solvers at the front lines prioritizing our needs from a human lens.
these companies ran out of ideas and expect engineer's to be unicorns, do everything, including product design and managing others. when they say "soft skills" they just mean do other peoples job. if you actually have valuable soft skills like selling, along with technical skills and domain knowledge, you should be an entrepreneur.
We need more content from Cyrus. He's so right about the 100x engineers in the corner haha
I bet he's got some stories from inside Tesla! Coding skills are so transient I love what he says about being a generalist to survive in the AI ML tech market - marrying soft skills with tech skills to create optionality in your career/life
Thank you for the feedback. We're excited to reveal you'll be seeing more of Cyrus soon!
I think the companies that best leverage the opportunities presented by AI and ML will be those ones that empower their SWEs to bolster/accelerate their work with new tools, and also give them the opportunity and training to work on other non-technical skills like PM'ing, communicating between tech teams and the non-tech stakeholders in the company (like CEOs, Shareholders, stuff like that).
The employees that don't show much interest or aptitude for getting better constantly and using new tools available to level up their work/contributions to their company will probably get replaced by AI or ML tools that fill that gap. But those tools aren't going to fill in for technical employees who also have other non-tech skills for a long time - probably never.
As a senior AI engineer, it makes sense to me that eventually AI will code for us, but what make people believe it won't also go for your soft skills job. It might even be easier for AI to do just that as we already have LLM that speak and write better than most humans...
oh yeah thats coming soon....
So then what the fuck is left for us just starting out?
@@TheCactuar124 nothing apparently...
@@TheCactuar124 Nothing. There is nothing for 99 percent of us. The best you can hope for is winning the fight for the super wealthy's garbage or maybe becoming a petty warlord in the land of trash.
Amazing video and great advice, thanks Cyrus and Codesmith!
There's so many misconceptions about AI and ML's effects on tech and technologists out there today! Cyrus is right on the money here!
Those who last the course will be those who always excelled regardless of the tech boom - the engineers who show initiative to harness new tools AND who stay on top learning new stacks and build up their soft skills (speaking writing, project managing, etc) - while those who just coast along with the current tech skills will eventually get nudged out by AI ML tools that make them redundant.
That happens in most fields and always has. But you can avoid being left behind by constantly skill stacking and making sure AI works for you, not instead of you!
I’ve spent the last 10 months learning full stack web dev. Launching my SAAs in a month or two. The future looks bright.
What was your roadmap of learning if you could share
Ty for sharing Cyrus!
Great video and advice! 🔥🔥🔥
Recently laid off and going to spend this time to expand my AI toolbelt. A sobering but accurate take of tech.
@barbaradunham4213 Except that your profile looks like a bot.
Yeah I definitely agree that the nature of the ecosystem will be unique , vibrant and dynamic unlike we have ever seen.. Best of the best resouce will be there due to the high optimization of the resource output.
Cyrus is a goat. The tech bros foaming at the mouth rn......
This feels like a 'nice knowing you' to developers without people skills. I hate people and dont think i can cope.
technical knowledge will probably be even more important actually. gotta keep those LLMs in check!
"learn to build, learn to sell" like he said - both become increasingly important for software engineers in the workforce after graduating Codesmith. Need soft skills too.
I think people are getting ahead of themselves and overestimating the influence of AI. First of all, it is not that advanced. If you throw it a harder problem to solve, it starts going in circles and could really mislead an engineer, wasting their time even further.
However, more importantly, where does AI come from? Does it fall from the sky?
Does it grow in the woods? No, it doesn't!
Large corps are behind it. And even if they are charging small fees now, so people can get on board and use it, this will not be the case in the future. Once they establish these new monopolies, they will absolutely abuse their power and start charging big bucks.
Then companies will realize they can't get rid of programmers that easily, even if they dream about it.
What, are you telling me that instead of doing things the old proven way, where on one side is the company and on the other side is the engineer and they sit down and discuss responsibilities on both sides, shake hands, sign a contract and get to work - now these same companies are going to negotiate with Open AI, Google... and tell them how the contract will look like. Yea, sure! Good luck to your sh!ty little start up even contacting any of these corporations, let alone telling them how you want their AI to work for you and under what conditions. I'm dying to see how that plays out for you.
You forget that it's all about money and control. If it was that easy to replace coders, most other jobs would be gone by now too. And you start directly with the idea of replacing the people who do the hardest job in a software company, write the actual code, really? ...not the HR people who mostly drink coffee and chat all day, not some useless "product owners" or someone else, but straight with the programmers! Keep dreaming!
And lastly, in the future even more software is expected to be created and maintained. Whole countries are now competing for dominance. Someone will win that race, but guess what... that's not going to be the country that thinks that engineers are obsolete! That's for sure. So watch out about China and others.
...because when that happens, you'll start saying that you didn't see it coming. Well someone is seeing it
Thanks for sharing your thoughts-there’s definitely a lot to consider about AI’s role in engineering and the tech industry overall! You’re absolutely right that the demand for skilled programmers isn’t going anywhere. AI might change how some tasks are approached, but the need for engineers to solve complex problems, design solutions, and drive innovation remains strong, especially with global competition increasing.
For those looking to future-proof their careers, training in software engineering alongside AI/ML can be a powerful combination. Programs like our AI/ML technical leadership program aim to provide a robust foundation in the latest AI techniques. This way, engineers are equipped with the toolkit to understand, develop, and leverage it strategically within real-world constraints and industry dynamics.
It’s about staying versatile and informed-AI may not replace programmers, but knowing how to work with it can definitely elevate what engineers bring to the table. Thanks again for your perspective, it is always amazing coming across likeminded people to our team at Codesmith!
20+ yoe. I seems like the past 10 years have been soft skills + coding. I cannot imagine just writing code without having a bit of say-so in its product development.
Vibes > Everything
Great tips all around.
I need to learn how to be a people person and compete with AI? Coders just can’t catch a break!!
Loved this 👏👏👏
So glad this came up in my feed! These are my thoughts on AI exactly. Yes it can be a threat, but only to those who saw learning a few coding skills as the gateway to the easy life. AI is a massive opportunity to those willing to learn how to leverage it, let it do the lower level programming while software engs focus on the higher level architectures and overall just managing big projects!
So glad you enjoyed this! We'll be exploring the convergence of tech, AI and society even more in the future.
Let's see AI maintain corporate enterprise software
This was super informative
Can cyrus tell us more about his interview at Tesla?
AI can't even take your order at Mc Donalds. I have no fear of AI taking my software engineer position.
As cs first scares me doing 4 years engineer worthless
Every day seeing a video ai can beat coder you make something easily can copy but zero motivationa
But I will try my best good at soft skills
I want to know learning about marketing leadership skills is good for future
we are living in pre-skynet era ....anyone who knows about AI/LLM agree with my statement
The limitation of AI is that they cannot interact with the real world yet, therefore they need human input but once they have bodies aka robots then we will probably be doomed
Did he get a senior role at Tesla right after Codesmith? That seems hard to believe but impressive if he did.
His Linkedin doesn't say anything really about what he was doing at Tesla. Zero details, only vague "building really cool 0-to-1 internal stuff. Software & product". For a Senior SWE it doesn't look convenient at all.
Yes but he's a standout
Senior citizen provides meaningful to themselves and the others based on their experience.
That data that is something not easy to get or collect because it require to go into the unknown.
Imagine spending years learning to code just to get beat out by an algorithm that 'talks' better than you.
Cyrus says “Learn to tell stories. Learn to build stuff”. The problem is these are fundamentally different mindsets
If you love storytelling, it can be a huge adjustment to spend hours struggling to figure out some complex engineering problem
But you have to. That’s where the breakthroughs happen. When I most want to get away from a problem, if I can force myself to stick it out for 1 more minute, that’s when the insight crystalizes. It’s almost like our minds ‘resist’ that moment of clarity
I love getting to dig into these sorts of ideas with Cyrus. Yes they’re about the rise of AI, but they’re also about the deeper nature of what doing fulfilling work looks like
If Cyrus feels he sucks at coding then we are all doomed.
He only sucked, when he started.
excellent job 🤟
as long as its not AGI , you have nothing to worry. AI is still a tool not a worker yet.
Lol....except they are working towards AI. There is A LOT to worry about in all honesty
Any chance you're a senior engineer at Telsa? Please let us know if you are!!!
Except thumbnail every thing what he said was useful and helpful
This is fire 🔥
This is fire 🔥
Does codesmith have a link to their AI program? I already am a working engineer.
I was rejected by tesla on my last round interview :(
Sad
Hope u get better offers
What did they ask though, like standard coding stuff ?
Long term employment would be in core engineering
Long term employment should be core requirement for CS degrees that cost six figures too
Its simple, asia/india has tens of millions of software coders all ready to work for just above minimum wage. Every year hundreds of thousands more become available. Capital has the ability to access low cost labor from anywhere in the world. This further drives cost down. Its an amazing time to be capital and a horrible time to be labor.
I cant believe I am going to say this but if you are looking for a career then building a business in the trades is your best outcome - compete locally without competition from low cost countries. Electrician, HVAC, Plumbing, Construction, etc. Its still competitive but you wont be competing against 100k new indian coders every 12 months.
Cyrus has excellent taste in role models.
Im in the research side of tech but would learning to code be worth it nowadays?
I would say so. I have a data scientist friend whose learning to code in order to gain an advantage
Half of MLEs and AI Engs are on the research side now - it's researchers that companies need to build new AI ML products just as much as software engineers
How did I stumble upon tech Harry Potter's video?
Ever since the very beginning of expert systems the manager's wet dream is SW that does the programming, nowadays called AI. All in order to get rid of the annoying human SW developers, they would only see as incapable humans holding them back. In reality this is not going to happen neither in the near future nor any time in the future.
Really good video
Is that a Zoroastrian bird around his neck? I've never seen anyone wear that before.
It seems to be
tried telling my manager that can I run this meeting or stand up and next day u be your fired
Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
When will the next video come
AI can code faster, cheaper, and probably won’t complain. Sadly think most of this is right on.
field is fucked, idk what to pivot into without drowning myself into debt for like medical degree when im already 31 and other option is labor
Oooh...doctors will absolutely be automated. They will be more like nurses
Be a plumber or electrician
Awesome 😍
Well done
Ahura Mazda....🙏
Fantastic
Yikes. wait until AI does your job better and communicates with clients smoother than you ever could.
Why i feel like this guy is ai
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With AI u don't need to build just learn to present well!
😊😊😊😊
Not bad
Tech wont recover from this recession and its time people pay attention now.
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Its just business
Nahi ho payega bhai. AI se kaha se ladenge. Alternative dhoond raha hu main toh. IT mein apna daana paani itna hi likha tha.
Kuch mila kya bhai? 😂
Oh My God I Love Doomer Content
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Some bootcamp bottom who supposably is trying to "advance the open source community via contribution" (quote from his github) has a locked GitHub account. What a surprise, I wonder why he wants no one seeing his code?
Got chewed up and spit out from investment banking and has come into tech thinking he has a leg up because he has 5 buttons undone at all times and that "he can speak".. Spends the entire video making these broad generalizations that all current software engineers are basically losers who will eventually be obsolete (for no reason lol) and the good ones will be relegated to the dungeons to keep everything working while everyone else reads the 48 laws of power, pretends to work and plays politics. What a goose.
Just wanted to say how I love this comment so much. Also his point at 4:46 is so idiotic it blows my mind, like being interested in tech and abstractions precludes you from forming sentences like a normal human being. I personally, even as an engineer, find I amm more eloquent than most of the people around, I just prefer not to spend much time around bullshitters like him, if I don't have to. Dude's a clown.
If you want your future to be bright, don’t spend 20k on a bootcamp.
Moral of the story, don't be a software engineer. Be a hardware engineer instead. Be great in physics and math.
literally copying Naval Raviksnt word for word. Its the internet did you really think you would get away with that?
A bunch of fluff
Selling a product. All bs.
Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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