[pllbnk]

The companies are now so often looking for "AI engineers" or "engineers with AI experience" which is crazy given how current generation of AI tools are in very early stages and spending a lot of time mastering them might be time well wasted if many of them actually believe in any further advances, much less AGI. If what AI overlords promise is to materialize, then all these primitive tools like agents, MCPs, plugins (or "marketplaces" which is crazy that LLMs couldn't help them come up with a better name) and whatnot should be just an insignificant blip in the history of AI evolution.

[sshine]

Companies that care about the 3-15 months of agentic engineering experience you could possibly have (15 months if you count by the launch of Claude Code, 3 months if you count by when that term was coined) don't think about AGI. They think about immediate productivity gains and not working against company culture from the very beginning of their employment.

I remember one job interview where the team lead interviewing me and I had completely different takes on static vs. dynamic typing. It was an awkward moment when we realized we'd never agree, and attempting to cooperate would be very burdensome. Don't hire someone who thinks what you're doing is stupid. AI really divides the waters, better be up front.