@Zephyr_hg: David, co-creator of MCP at Anthropic: "There's more to the protocol than what most people use it for." In a 26-minute …
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David, co-creator of MCP at Anthropic, discusses in a talk how most users only scratch the surface of the protocol, and suggests that deeper understanding creates high-paid roles.
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David, co-creator of MCP at Anthropic:
“There’s more to the protocol than what most people use it for.”
In a 26-minute talk, he shows how shallow most people’s use of these tools really is.
Most people are scratching the surface. The new high-paid role lives in the depth they never reach.
That gap is exactly where the money is moving.
Watch the talk, then see the role it’s creating in the article below.
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