Ask HN: Are there any programming positions that are safe from AI?
I have heard lots of discussion lately about people who are interested in programming and not at all interested in prompt engineering or managing AI agents. What career options are available for those people? Or in other words, what programming related positions exist that involve minimal use of AI agents and are expected to stay that way (if any)?
Nobody knows what the world will look like in 6-12 months, but for now demand for three technical positions has risen (1) Forward-deployed engineer = you are a technical consultant solving business process problems with AI for enterprise clients, (2) cyber security expert = you defend companies against the massive wave of AI-facilitated attacks, (3) GTM engineer = A data-driven, self-improving AI-backed marketing/sales/growth system.
We are all AI pilots, do not complain nor look back, just focus. Distrubution is the moat, rather you create one or mine the idea that will become no brainer to an existing one.
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