The engineers of the past focused on execution. The engineers of the future? They will be strategists, architects, and product thinkers. Those who fail to evolve will find themselves replaced by the very tools they ignored.

🧠 Be a Generalist

The best engineers will no longer just write code. They will understand:

• Design – How things should look and feel.
• Business – What makes a product viable, scalable, and profitable.
• User Psychology – What people actually want, not just what they say they want.

🎨 Develop Taste

AI will generate thousands of options. The differentiator? Knowing which one is worth keeping.

• Can you tell the difference between a functional design and a great one?
• Do you know when to refine, when to scrap, when to pivot?
• The future belongs to those who can curate from the infinite.*

🔧 Understand Constraints

AI will execute, but only within the boundaries it’s given. Someone needs to define those boundaries.

• What data should it use?
• What technical trade-offs matter?
• What systems will this integrate with?
• Those who understand architecture, scalability, and system design will have a permanent edge.