Matt Pocock on AI dev work as of 09 Feb

The next 10-20 years, wrangling AI is going to be an extraordinarily valuable skill across many different industries.

Software developers are unlucky in that our craft is changing. The chisel has been replaced by the table saw. We can't go back.

But we're also lucky. The domain in which we work lets us test AI's capabilities on something we're expert at. We can get to know it deeply. We can learn how to harness it. To multiply its efforts.

And we're doing this before the rest of the world has a chance to. We're the first movers in this new market. The skills we learn now will only grow more valuable.

So while things are changing (and we should mourn the old ways), I'm still feeling optimistic.

– Matt Pocock via x.com