A guide to upgrade developer's skills to new levels, from Coder, to Reviewer/Editor, to Architect, in this new AI-assisted, AI-powered fast changing industry.
Classic days:
Coder
Modern days:
Reviewer/Editor
Future days:
Architect
Classic Time of Software Developers
Coder is about typing it all, all the source code, and maybe with copying from Stack Overflow or other sites that people usually joke about Full Stack Overflow job post.
Modern days of Software Developers
AI-assisted, AI-powered coding:
Reviewer creates project, folder structures, files
AI assists to create methods, functions
Reviewer reviews, and edit to finalize the code
Sample VS Code setup for reviewer/editor (click to view):
Future of Software Developers
Mostly only technical designs, AIs make the whole app.