How long until I lose my job to AI?

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

We’re all thinking about it and wondering if our job is safe from AI. Maybe. Maybe not. In this episode Johnny Boursiquot is joined some industry veterans who have been through multiple innovation cycles to share their insights and advice on this subject.

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Featuring:

• Kent Quirk – GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Sharon DiOrio – X
• Steven Pyle – LinkedIn
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

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Capitoli

1. It's Go Time! (00:00:00)

2. Meet the guests (00:00:44)

3. The hype (00:04:34)

4. Copilot (00:12:49)

5. Productivity boost (00:14:53)

6. Sponsor: Changelog News (00:18:40)

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7. Solutions are not static (00:20:29)

8. AI is a skill for your resume (00:36:56)

9. Computer science degrees (00:41:04)

10. Preparing to switch to AI (00:47:24)

11. Be adaptable (00:57:00)

12. You can come back from management (00:57:20)

13. Learn how to unlearn (00:58:11)

14. Be a T-shaped dev (00:59:56)

15. Unpopular opinions (01:03:03)

16. Steve's unpop (01:03:58)

17. Kent's unpop (01:05:07)

18. Sharon's unpop (01:06:31)

19. Johnny's unpop (01:10:30)

20. Johnny's 2nd unpop (01:12:22)

21. Goodbye (01:14:44)

22. Outro (01:15:27)