Dave Rosenthal

Remember that whole push towards everybody Left and right organizations were spinning up to run workshops. Heck, I ran GoBridge workshops. I would go in my local community in Baltimore. I would find people who wanted to learn how to code. I would get them in a room on a Saturday or Sunday and work with local businesses to get people into the room to learn how to code.

Because I truly believe, and I still do, that A career in tech, right, is a life-changing generational, you know, sort of impact kind of skill to develop, right? So we went through that phase. Now you barely hear about these workshops happening anymore. You know, dev boot camps, you barely hear about those things anymore, right? Because the market is not...

Because I truly believe, and I still do, that A career in tech, right, is a life-changing generational, you know, sort of impact kind of skill to develop, right? So we went through that phase. Now you barely hear about these workshops happening anymore. You know, dev boot camps, you barely hear about those things anymore, right? Because the market is not...

you know, suitable for these things, right? So all that to say is that now getting into tech is gonna be a little harder, or rather you can get into tech, but getting a job in tech is gonna be a little harder because there are different skills that are not expected that you need to bring to the table, right? understanding what an LLM is and how to work with them.

you know, suitable for these things, right? So all that to say is that now getting into tech is gonna be a little harder, or rather you can get into tech, but getting a job in tech is gonna be a little harder because there are different skills that are not expected that you need to bring to the table, right? understanding what an LLM is and how to work with them.

I'm not saying you need to go get into the math, the machine learning math of it all. You need to become a data scientist. But you need to know how to understand what an LLM is and how to use it, how to build a RAG system, which is basically the hello world of AI development. You need to understand how to build a RAG system. So these things need to not be foreign to you.

I'm not saying you need to go get into the math, the machine learning math of it all. You need to become a data scientist. But you need to know how to understand what an LLM is and how to use it, how to build a RAG system, which is basically the hello world of AI development. You need to understand how to build a RAG system. So these things need to not be foreign to you.

So the skill sets you need is just changing because there's new innovation. So I think there's always going to be room for software engineers. It's just the skill sets are changing. Will there be fewer jobs? Fewer jobs because those jobs now, the skill sets required for them, the bar is a bit higher.

So the skill sets you need is just changing because there's new innovation. So I think there's always going to be room for software engineers. It's just the skill sets are changing. Will there be fewer jobs? Fewer jobs because those jobs now, the skill sets required for them, the bar is a bit higher.

So some of those things that you used to hire a junior for, you can now outsource to an LLM or a Gen AI, some Gen AI technology. So people are becoming more productive. So it just changes the bar a little bit, but I don't think... I don't know, people are generating a lot of AI slop that people like me are going to have to come in and fix anyway. So I'm like, hey. I'm okay with that.

So some of those things that you used to hire a junior for, you can now outsource to an LLM or a Gen AI, some Gen AI technology. So people are becoming more productive. So it just changes the bar a little bit, but I don't think... I don't know, people are generating a lot of AI slop that people like me are going to have to come in and fix anyway. So I'm like, hey. I'm okay with that.

Yeah, yeah. By all means, everybody, if you're out there, you want to let AI generate your initial domain. app, you know, thing for you, please go right ahead. Go right ahead. Like make more of those things, please. No code it all day long. Get to it. No, no code it all day long. It's fine.

Yeah, yeah. By all means, everybody, if you're out there, you want to let AI generate your initial domain. app, you know, thing for you, please go right ahead. Go right ahead. Like make more of those things, please. No code it all day long. Get to it. No, no code it all day long. It's fine.

Just go right ahead because the only thing you're doing is making sure that I and my, and people like me are going to have, are going to have jobs. So that pendulum will swing.

Just go right ahead because the only thing you're doing is making sure that I and my, and people like me are going to have, are going to have jobs. So that pendulum will swing.

Who would have thought that your tech startup with a .io domain name as its identity would now be impacted by a 99-year lease coming up?

Who would have thought that your tech startup with a .io domain name as its identity would now be impacted by a 99-year lease coming up?

So the .io domain is... Right. It's technically going to be within the, if you want to call it, the jurisdiction of basically the Mauritius, right? Now, I would imagine that if they decided to get into the TLD business, right, they could become the administrators, right, for such a thing. More than likely, I think they will probably...

So the .io domain is... Right. It's technically going to be within the, if you want to call it, the jurisdiction of basically the Mauritius, right? Now, I would imagine that if they decided to get into the TLD business, right, they could become the administrators, right, for such a thing. More than likely, I think they will probably...

outsource the thing and right yeah bring it to one of those registrars right who would be more than happy to take that over and manage it and you know having the cost because that's going to be business for them and people register that io domains us developers and startups love the io domain so that's good business right there so and then yeah they can just have a partnership with some sort of registrar and and sort of outsource the whole thing or get into the business themselves but