This is a follow-up from my previous blog post: “deliberate intentional practice“. I didn’t want to get into the distinction between skilled and unskilled because people take offence to it, but AI is a matter of skill.

Someone can be highly experienced as a software engineer in 2024, but that does not mean they’re skilled as a software engineer in 2025, now that AI is here.

In my view, LLMs are essentially mirrors. They mirror the skill of the operator.

how to identify skill

One of the most pressing issues for all companies going forward is the question of how to identify skilled operators. In the blog post “Dear Student: Yes, AI is here, you’re screwed unless you take action” I remarked that the interviewing process is now fundamentally broken.