# Career Advice for Engineers in the Age of AI Agents

DevFeed: [Career Advice for Engineers in the Age of AI Agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-agent-era-career-28495.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://addyosmani.com/blog/career-advice-age-of-agents/>)

Author: Addy Osmani

Published: 2026-07-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Addy Osmani](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/addy-osmani.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [agentic-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agentic-coding.md>), [Vibe coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vibe-coding.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [LeetCode](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/leetcode.md>)

Tags: [agentic-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-coding.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [job](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/job.md>), [vibe-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vibe-coding.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary argues that AI will make answer-based problem solving and routine software shipping cheaper, while durable career advantages will come from choosing worthwhile problems, building systems, understanding people, judging quality, and developing a strong reputation and relationships.

## Source excerpt

AI gets good at anything with an answer key. Your career is everything that doesn't have one.