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AI tools are reducing the leverage of pure coding skills, making product skills, collaboration, and ownership the new differentiators. Engineers who rely solely on AI for code generation without developing product intuition risk stagnation.

Impact: Shifts hiring criteria and performance metrics from code volume to business impact, requiring engineers to demonstrate strategic thinking and user empathy.

— from Product-Minded Engineering in the AI Era · Tech Lead Journal· Mar 09, 2026