@sailfishcc1: I strongly agree. I think in the future, people with experience in design systems, infrastructure, evolving complex systems, and maintaining legacy code — those who can effectively leverage AI to handle these tasks — will be very scarce.
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A developer argues that future AI-native teams will value people with experience in design systems, infrastructure, and maintaining complex codebases, who can leverage AI effectively.
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I strongly agree with this view. I think in the future, people who have experience with Design Systems, infra, and who have evolved and maintained legacy code in complex systems — and can use AI to do those things well — will be very scarce.
Yifeng “Evan” Wang (@ewind_dev): I think the ideal R&D profile in an AI-native team might be someone with at least a few years of domain experience, has been a tech lead (not necessarily, just a bit of people skill is fine), but now returns to being an IC and really enjoys directing AI.
In terms of roles, application-layer teams may gradually be left with only a few types: design engineer / full stack / infra. And strong people can still span across multiple roles.
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