A Life Engineered OpenAI and Meta E9: The Career Bet Every Engineer Must Make
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Feb 16, 2026 
Philip Su, former Meta engineer and AI-focused writer, explains why traditional coding roles are collapsing. He outlines the shift to agent-driven workflows, debates which managerial roles will survive, and warns how automation rewrites career bets. Short, urgent takes on trust, regulation, and how to prepare for a world where agents do the heavy lifting.
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Plumber Built His Own Scheduling App
- Philip recounts how engineers feel confident they could improve non-software businesses but discover unexpected domain complexity.
- He cites a plumber building his own scheduling app using AI as an example of domain expansion.
Accountability Limits Fast Replacement
- Accountability and regulation are major barriers to full AI replacement in high-stakes roles like radiology or piloting.
- Legal personhood or regulatory frameworks may evolve to assign responsibility for agent actions.
Trust AI For First-Pass Coding
- Start trusting AI for analysis and let it draft code, then review outputs instead of writing everything yourself.
- Use multiple code-review bots to catch issues and reduce manual review time.
