profession file · read as its task mix
mostly shared ground
Software developer
programming
Software developers design, write and maintain code, debug problems, review each other's work and ship features in small teams. AI assistants now draft code, tests and documentation and explain unfamiliar codebases, while architecture choices, reviews and the trickiest bugs still run through people.
The exposed part of the week
// tasks in this mix that sit in machine territory or moving fast
The part that gains value
// the shared and human ground in this job's mix
The full mix
// what fills this job's week ( ●●● core · ●● regular · ● occasional )
Safer ground: build these
// the future skills that shield this particular mix
Programming & algorithms
understanding how computers operate
Systems thinking
seeing patterns & creating models to handle complexity
Problems
identifying problems & finding their root
Critical thinking
reasoning independently, informed by evidence
AI literacy
understand how ai would affect us, for better or worse
Complexity
handling complexity or distilling it into simplicity
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Home field
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