Career Planning for a Future of Working with AI Agents

Source: Dev.to

Overview

I moved into management a few years ago after working as a software engineer for many years. As my teams have been adopting AI coding agents, I’ve noticed an interesting pattern: full‑stack engineers are getting significantly more value from AI coding agents than specialist roles.

This observation has triggered conversations about career development, which led to mapping out the stages of AI advancement we’re likely to see, and some thoughts on career paths for different roles and experience levels. Full article here: Career Planning in the AI Era

Discussion points

• Are you noticing any patterns with AI tool adoption for full‑stack vs. specialist engineers?
• How are you thinking about career development as AI capabilities advance?
• Any thoughts on how to help juniors build experience in this environment?