Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise | nair.sh
Why senior developers talk in terms of complexity while the rest of the business is worried about uncertainty. And what to do about it now that AI is in the picture.
What do you feel about the following sentence: “AI agents are the future of software development. We won’t need developers anymore to slow down the progress of a business.” If you’re a senior developer and you think this is true, I’m somewhat suspicious of your expertise (I’ll explain why; I’m not needlessly antagonistic). But if you’re not a senior developer and you think this is true, I think you’re probably right. Huh? What’s going on here? Copywriting is, in its essence, about matching a message to an audience. And so, to me, a copywriter, what’s happening here is that the same message is
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