Me llamo Jesús Martínez del Vas y soy ilustrador tradicional. ¿Me ayudas a difundir mi trabajo con un retuit? Cada vez que compartas, curas a un gatito, haces feliz a un unicornio, y ademas apoyas arte humano frente a la IA. ¡Mil gracias!
Don't worry, AI won't 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 if you call yourself a 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿
Worry if you're a 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲
AI excels at routine, pattern-driven work. It can crank out tests, boilerplate, and draft functions at scale, but it doesn't own problem definition, context, business impact, or customer needs.
The engineers who thrive in this era don't measure their value by lines of code. They measure it by 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱, 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, and 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱. They use AI as a tool to accelerate thoughtful work, not as a crutch for shallow typing.
Here's what shifts when you step up:
→ Stop measuring productivity based on output and start measuring it based on outcomes that are meaningful to users and your business
→ You see complexity as a barrier to progress, rather than as a badge of honor
→ Your scope shifts beyond writing features to include direction, aligning with product needs, and helping lift others
AI eliminates some drudgery. That's good, if you invest the newfound free capacity into 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀. Otherwise, you will only be doing the same work faster. Faster repetition is not career leverage
Here's the real choice:
𝗕𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿
Or 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀
Most industries don't need more code. They need better solutions
That's what keeps engineers indispensable