The Weekly Dev's Brew
The Weekly Dev's Brew
Jan-Niklas Wortmann
A Google Engineer's Honest Take on AI, Angular, and the Future of Your Career
54 minutes Posted May 22, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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In this episode, I sit down with Minko Gechev — Google Engineer, former Angular team lead, and one of the most thoughtful voices on AI and developer productivity.We get into why AI won't replace engineers anytime soon (and what that actually means for your career), how Google's Angular team is affected by AI, the security risks of the current AI coding wave, and the single most valuable skill developers should be building right now.If you're a developer trying to figure out where you fit in the age of AI, I hope this one helps you.Connect with Minko:X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mgechevGitHub: https://github.com/mgechevLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mgechevTopics covered:AI-powered developer productivity • LLM skill evaluation • Angular + AI • Software engineering career • Imposter syndrome • Open source security • Future of coding