This is a pattern which I hope manifests more observably in industries and hiring. Right now, tech postings tend to be a litany of arcana and hyper-specific tech. Developers rarely, if ever, have to understand domain knowledge x. But if we were able to "fan out" to "x tech enhancer" which requires 50% x domain knowledge and 50% tech knowledge, that sounds like it could be an effective position all around.
I see two issues with this however, which probably need to be addressed somehow:
- 1 is that, similar to tech, the positions may be seen as cush/low-effort... Like they did half the real work and are going to phone in the rest with LLMs. (Maybe this is already an existential problem, idk.)
- 2 is that domain knowledge is still difficult to aquire... (which may affect whether this manifests, not necessarily that older engineers like myself can jump in)
Nevertheless, if the pattern of dual expertise were to become common, it could open up a lot of opportunities, and is a positive vision of the future, which I think we pretty desperately need.
I see two issues with this however, which probably need to be addressed somehow:
- 1 is that, similar to tech, the positions may be seen as cush/low-effort... Like they did half the real work and are going to phone in the rest with LLMs. (Maybe this is already an existential problem, idk.)
- 2 is that domain knowledge is still difficult to aquire... (which may affect whether this manifests, not necessarily that older engineers like myself can jump in)
Nevertheless, if the pattern of dual expertise were to become common, it could open up a lot of opportunities, and is a positive vision of the future, which I think we pretty desperately need.