DEV Community

Cover image for What Founders Must Do in Agentic LLM Era
Kamalabot
Kamalabot

Posted on

What Founders Must Do in Agentic LLM Era

The other day, I had an intriguing conversation
with a friend in tech about Agentic LLMs and
coding assistants. It went something like this:

👤 Me: "We’re at a point where Agentic AI
(AAI) can help write and deploy entire
applications end-to-end."

🤖 Tech Friend: "I see the potential in code
writing, but AAI still struggles with crafting
‘perfect’ software code."

👤 Me: "Fair point. That’s why we’ll always
need senior developers to bridge the gap. But
think about this—junior developers might not be as
essential anymore. And what about Founders?"

🤖 Tech Friend: "Founders? Aren’t they just
the ones paying salaries to the senior
developers?"

👤 Me: "True. But here’s the catch: a salary
won’t be enough
. A senior developer could take an
idea and deploy it independently. So, Founders
must either:

1️⃣ Learn to code and implement their own ideas,
or

2️⃣ Make senior developers partners in their
vision—beyond just paying salaries."

🤖 Tech Friend: "Founders are smart—they’ll
adapt."

👤 Me: "But are they smarter and more logical
than senior developers who have the skills and
the capability to execute?"

🤖 Tech Friend: "That’s a question only time
can answer."


The big takeaway?

In the age of automation, it’s not about "Leading"
or "Managing" machines—it’s about mastering how to
"Automate."

My take on what Founders have to do is as below

Founders Move

💡 So, what’s next for Founders, Junior
Developers, and even Senior Developers? How do we
collectively navigate a world where Agentic AI
reshapes traditional roles and relationships?

Share your thoughts below—let’s discuss!

API Trace View

Struggling with slow API calls?

Dan Mindru walks through how he used Sentry's new Trace View feature to shave off 22.3 seconds from an API call.

Get a practical walkthrough of how to identify bottlenecks, split tasks into multiple parallel tasks, identify slow AI model calls, and more.

Read more →

Top comments (0)

A Workflow Copilot. Tailored to You.

Pieces.app image

Our desktop app, with its intelligent copilot, streamlines coding by generating snippets, extracting code from screenshots, and accelerating problem-solving.

Read the docs

👋 Kindness is contagious

Please leave a ❤️ or a friendly comment on this post if you found it helpful!

Okay