As AI takes over my query writing, it's a bit sad to lose something that used to make me special. But also, I've been the primary victim of SQL being a PITA to write so getting queries written for me also benefits me more than anyone else.
I'm good at writing queries, but it's like being an author with good penmanship. Nobody cares that I know the secret magic language to get data from a database. Just like if the story is good, it gets typed up and nobody cares what your handwriting look like.
The two most interesting & easily accessible things happening in the data world right now are AI first products and GTM engineering.
Yes, the foundational models are super cool, but you need a billion dollars to get started building one.
The others - you can just do them!!!
Jack Dorsey’s twitter had an 80% layoff in the days before AI.
Yes AI is improving productivity, but also don’t read too much into Jack wanting to run a leaner company.