Dave Rosenthal

There's a natural thinning of the herd happening. or that has happened with any innovation, something that changes the way things have always been done. Whether it's in tech or in farming or you name an industry, there's innovation that comes and disrupts the way of things. And that should be expected.

There's a natural thinning of the herd happening. or that has happened with any innovation, something that changes the way things have always been done. Whether it's in tech or in farming or you name an industry, there's innovation that comes and disrupts the way of things. And that should be expected.

I think tech, for so long, we were so comfortable with the fact that basically we were untouchables. right? We, you know, no, no one could do what we did was, you know, magical, right? It was, it was absolute God. Yeah. Literally like, you know, we have, we have memes and, and movies and, and, and things like, like we were, we, we, we were, you know,

I think tech, for so long, we were so comfortable with the fact that basically we were untouchables. right? We, you know, no, no one could do what we did was, you know, magical, right? It was, it was absolute God. Yeah. Literally like, you know, we have, we have memes and, and movies and, and, and things like, like we were, we, we, we were, you know,

hailed as these powerful beings who they only were the ones who understood how to make the computer do things, right? That mere mortals couldn't even aspire to, right? And we went through that, you know, and that whole notion was sort of, you know, amplified back when in the Obama era, when we had all these learn to code, everybody should learn to code, like that whole thing, right?

hailed as these powerful beings who they only were the ones who understood how to make the computer do things, right? That mere mortals couldn't even aspire to, right? And we went through that, you know, and that whole notion was sort of, you know, amplified back when in the Obama era, when we had all these learn to code, everybody should learn to code, like that whole thing, right?

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.

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.