Quoting Terk Terkowitz

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Simon Willison shares a quote from Amazon engineering leadership's Terk Terkowitz, arguing that engineers who can explain where AI does not yet help their work are demonstrating valuable judgment rather than failing.

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# A quote from Terk Terkowitz Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/28/terk-terkowitz/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/28/terk-terkowitz/) 28th October 2026 > If your work does not benefit from current AI tooling, that is a finding, not a failing\. Document why, share it with your community of peers, bring it to your manager, and work to find solutions\. An engineer who can explain where AI does not yet help their work is demonstrating the judgement we are asking for\. —[Terk Terkowitz](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-software-engineer-role-guideline-ai),An update from Amazon engineering leadership on the role of the developer in the age of AI Posted[28th October 2026](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/28/)at 10:09 am ## Recent articles - [Battle Drones \- a vibe coded RTS with audio\-based multiplayer](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/20/battledrones/)\- 20th October 2026 - [Hello Python 3\.15, goodbye 3\.10, and now I can use 3\.11](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/12/python-3-15/)\- 12th October 2026 - [A new feature for my blog, built using my voice](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/9/built-using-my-voice/)\- 9th October 2026 - [Claude Haiku 5\.5](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/7/claude-haiku-5-5/)\- 7th October 2026 This is a**quotation**collected by Simon Willison, posted on[28th October 2026](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/28/)\. [amazon71](https://simonwillison.net/tags/amazon/)[ai2,297](https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai/)[generative\-ai2,038](https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai/)[llms2,003](https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms/)[agentic\-engineering68](https://simonwillison.net/tags/agentic-engineering/)

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