Experience is making a lot of mistakes in a narrow field.

Experience is making a lot of mistakes in a narrow field.

The seniority we take pride in is simply the accumulation of those mistakes, and the lessons we chose to learn from them.

We improved because we could walk over to an experienced engineer’s cubicle, ask questions, and get unstuck.

Now it’s time to pay that forward.

In the AI era, though, the weight of “old” experience is slowing many senior engineers down. Some are fixed in their tracks, unwilling or unable to adapt.

If my experience isn’t transferable to the generations that come after me, then it isn’t worth much.

When companies abandon new graduates, they’re abandoning the next generation - our future.

Can I do my part?

Yes. Even if nothing else, keep your resistance to yourself. If you don’t like AI or feel incapable of adapting, don’t discourage the young ones.

Let them build. Let them explore. Let them surpass us.

I’m doing my part by building ehAye Engine (https://ehAye.io), a voice-first platform that mentors younger developers through natural conversation, reaching each of them virtually.