News from July 4th, a legend in software engineering, according to Business Inside Kent Beck Yesterday, on The Pragmatic Engineer, it was stated that with the spread of AI technology, software engineers had to learn "soft skills" such as communication and mutuality to survive in the industry。
Kent Beck noted that software engineers often lacked good emotional and emotional skills and a common sense, and that expressions were sometimes too direct. He believes that this traditional "single wolf" mode of work is coming to an end at the moment when AI can automatically generate a large number of codes。
At present, the software industry has become popular with the "Vibe-Coding" practice, which enables senior developers to build the prototype more quickly and for non-programmers to translate creativity into pilot projects. This trend is blurring the line between engineering and product work。
In response to this change, companies such as Anthropic have asked engineers to act as "Mini PM" in small projects, not only as code managers, but also as stakeholders' coordination and cross-functional collaboration. Kent Beck describes this transformation of vocational skills as a "cosmic-class prank"。
When you started doing programming, you were told that everything you had on computers was good. But then you find that your ability to change the world is actually limited to your ability to communicate and to communicate。
The emergence of this role as "product engineer" suggests that the most valuable engineers in the future will be those who can combine technological power with product judgement and interpersonal ability。