Developer Tea
Developer Tea
Jonathan Cutrell
Building Real Skills During the AI Boom - No, Not That Kind of Skill
30 minutes Posted Apr 22, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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Many engineers have built their careers on the belief that coding is their primary value — the flagship skill, the gate opener, the reason they get paid. But if AI can do a large slice of that implementation work, then coding-as-your-core-value leaves you in a very narrow place. In today's episode, I want to reframe how you think about your skills, and give you a simple three-part framework for deciding which skills are actually worth investing in as the industry shifts.