#Things to consider
- The relevant skill is no longer code generation (i.e., typing out code by hand), but being able to articulate your goals clearly and create good specifications that AI can implement.
- Coordination costs are often higher than we acknowledge. Being able to work autonomously or alone on a task or project eliminates two expensive taxes: It reduces the coordination costs (scheduling meetings, aligning priorities, waiting for availability) and the communication challenges.
- Coding agents are a huge step up from coding with chat, because AI handles nearly all the work, and you direct it. Chatbots sit and bark orders in your face, or at least that’s what it feels like when returning to a chat window after using a coding agent.
- The more AI has on its clipboard, the dumber it gets.
- You might have decades of experience in a field and still learn new shortcuts, commands, or techniques from watching your AI assistant work.