Course · 6 chapters
Code Was the Easy Part
Code is automated and the engineering job moved — walk the chain of why, the history that proves it ends the same way, the collapsing designer→PM→developer pipeline, and the eight durable skills that survive, each with a practice you can start this week
What you'll be able to do
- A short orientation — what this series covers, who it's for, and where to begin.
- The engineering workweek at AI-native companies, told through the people living it, from five numbered terminal tabs to the agent that deleted a production database.
- The compiler, the spreadsheet, the ATM, and the Linotype floor each took the technical work away — and each time the job moved up instead of vanishing.
- Work reached the developer pre-chewed until building got cheap; now the de-risking layers don't pay for themselves, and the PM and design crafts land on the builder's desk.
- Eight skills that survive every shift because they sit above the layer every wave automates — the framework this series builds on, with a this-week practice for each.
- The reset lands on four different desks — the closing chapter routes the CEO, the engineering leader, the builder, and the talent owner to their next move.
What's inside
- 1Code Was the Easy Part: Start Here
A short orientation — what this series covers, who it's for, and where to begin.
- 2A Day in the New Job
The engineering workweek at AI-native companies, told through the people living it, from five numbered terminal tabs to the agent that deleted a production database.
- 3This Happened Before
The compiler, the spreadsheet, the ATM, and the Linotype floor each took the technical work away — and each time the job moved up instead of vanishing.
- 4The Collapsed Pipeline
Work reached the developer pre-chewed until building got cheap; now the de-risking layers don't pay for themselves, and the PM and design crafts land on the builder's desk.
- 5The Durable Skills
Eight skills that survive every shift because they sit above the layer every wave automates — the framework this series builds on, with a this-week practice for each.
- 6Pick Your Path
The reset lands on four different desks — the closing chapter routes the CEO, the engineering leader, the builder, and the talent owner to their next move.
Earn a certificate
Complete all chapters to receive your certificate of completion.