Dylan Davis’ Post

Everyone's asking if AI will kill developer jobs. The data shows the opposite. Engineering roles are exploding across companies - just not where you'd expect. The hottest job right now isn't "Senior Software Engineer." It's Forward Deployed Engineer - developers embedded in go-to-market teams. Second hottest? Go-to-market engineers orchestrating AI tools for personalized outreach. Here's what's actually happening: Coding skills are breaking out of R&D departments. Finance needs coders. Sales needs coders. Marketing needs coders. Operations needs coders. Every function is becoming technical. The companies seeing this first are hiring aggressively: - FDEs who can code AND talk to customers - GTM engineers who automate personalization at scale - Technical roles in traditionally non-technical orgs Why this matters for you: You don't need a CS degree. You need to code AND understand a business function. That combination is rarer than pure software skills. The future isn't fewer developers. It's more developers everywhere. Three things to do now: 1. Pick your business function (sales, finance, ops) 2. Learn to vibe code (Claude code, cursor, codex, etc.) 3. Combine both skills before everyone else does The mistake isn't learning to code. The mistake is waiting. --- (Vivek Ravisankar, CEO of HackerRank on the Latent Space Podcast) --- P.S. If you want my free 30-day AI insights series, comment "Purple Unicorn" below. 🦄