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How does a Dev's job look like in a few years?

An experienced senior developer who frequently uses AI and coding agents questions how their job will evolve in the coming years, seeking advice on which skills will remain valuable as AI advances.

read1 min views1 publishedJul 12, 2026

| |||||||||||| 1 point by | I'm a experienced/senior developer which is frequently using ai, guiding coding agents, etc. I wonder, how does my job look like in a few years? Which skills might be the best ones to have? Currently, having business knowledge, development experience helps greatly with guiding coding agents, creating MVPs/PoCs in "no time", improving code, etc. But what if coding agents/ai would overtake this job? | ||||||||||| |

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