I posted this on a different community, but someone was worried about their job as an IC w/r/t AI tooling, and this was my advice.
Connect to the business.
I often seen engineers focus on solving cool, hard problems, which is neat. I get it, it's fun.
But having an understanding of business problems, especially strategic ones, and applying technology as needed to solve them--well, if you do that you stand out and are more valuable.
These type of problems tend to be more intractable, cross departments, and are techno-social rather than purely technical.
So it may take some time to learn, but that's the path I'd advise you and other ICs to follow.
Connect to the business.
I often seen engineers focus on solving cool, hard problems, which is neat. I get it, it's fun.
But having an understanding of business problems, especially strategic ones, and applying technology as needed to solve them--well, if you do that you stand out and are more valuable.
These type of problems tend to be more intractable, cross departments, and are techno-social rather than purely technical.
So it may take some time to learn, but that's the path I'd advise you and other ICs to follow.