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The Part of Andrew Ng's Skills Map Worth Reading Closely Is No. 4: Engineering Work Is Moving Upstream, Toward the Spec
Andrew Ng's AI engineering skills map lists four abilities, and the fourth deserves the closest read: he argues coding agents are getting rapidly better at delivering to spec, so engineers' work is shifting toward deciding what goes into the spec. gu-log pushes further: once implementation gets cheap, what does a wrong spec cost, which decisions can't be undone, and does your company's process even leave engineers room to do this?
11 Companies, 57 Interviews: One NLP PhD's Industry Job Search
An NLP PhD at UW applied for industry research roles: 11 companies, 57 interviews. She lays it all out — how interviews break down, how to prepare, how to negotiate. The sharpest line: practice coding with AI assistance completely off, or you'll underestimate how much you rely on it.
Simon Willison's AI Status Report — The Tipping Point Is Here, Dark Factories Are Coming, and Mid-Career Engineers Are in Trouble
Django co-creator Simon Willison gave Lenny's Podcast a broad AI status report: November 2025 as tipping point, coding agents burning him out by 11 AM, Dark Factories, mid-career risk, and the security pattern he calls the Lethal Trifecta.
The Super IC Era — One Person + an AI Army vs. an Entire Department
The most valuable person in the AI era isn't a deep specialist — it's the one who can orchestrate an army of AI agents and run an entire product line solo. The shift from IC to Generalist Orchestrator is already happening.
Awesome AI Engineering — One List to Rule All the Scattered Resources
Alexey Grigorev compiled 200+ resources from major AI labs, engineering teams, practitioners, and community discussions into Awesome AI Engineering — a curated list that connects how companies build AI, how they hire, and what skills keep showing up.
Data Engineers Switching to AI Engineering? You Already Know 80% of It
How hard is it for a Data Engineer to become an AI Engineer? Alexey Grigorev says way easier than you think — because AI engineering is still engineering, and the hard parts are exactly what DEs already do every day.
Claude Code Creator on Lenny's Podcast: Coding Is Solved, the 'Software Engineer' Title Starts Disappearing This Year
Claude Code creator Boris Cherny declares coding 'practically solved,' predicts the 'software engineer' title will fade in 2026. He shares 3 team principles: let Claude do it, underfund to force AI adoption, and go faster.
Deep Blue: Simon Willison Named the Existential Crisis Every Developer Is Feeling
AI writing better code? That "Deep Blue" feeling, coined by Simon Willison & Adam Leventhal (Oxide & Friends), means IBM's chess computer & the color of sadness. It's not just a tech problem, but a psychological crisis for engineers.
Thoughtworks Secret Retreat Leaked: Juniors Are More Valuable Than Seniors Now — Software Engineering's Identity Crisis Is Here
Thoughtworks' AI in software retreat: Juniors more valuable, mid-level devs at risk, source code transient, AI agents on org charts. Humans too slow for AI's speed.
Andrew Ng: AI Isn't Stealing Your Job Yet — But People Who Use AI Are Stealing Jobs from People Who Don't
Andrew Ng: AI isn't mass unemployment. Teams shrink (8 eng + 1 PM -> 2 eng + 1 PM). Bottleneck shifts from 'how to build' to 'what to build' – the "PM Bottleneck."
The Cold Email Job Guide: How to Write Emails Founders Actually Reply To
A comprehensive cold email job guide. Core principles: keep it under ~200 words, no fancy words, have a clear ask, be specific, don't spam. These principles are really a universal framework for 'how to effectively communicate with busy decision-makers.'