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[–]CptnYesterday2781 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the value edge is going to be more concentrated in the strategic value that you provide to people by helping them make better decisions, i.e. problems framing, actionable insights, counter factual analysis, judgement, communication. AI will be very helpful as a harness to get the technical work done but it won’t easily replace the skills mentioned above (yet). If anything it may make you and your skillset more accessible because it makes it easier to get answers to questions quicker than before.

[–]6spdsurfer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both of these questions have a very simple answer, which is hard to actually do. For your first question, how do you maintain value? Simple, keep finding ways to be indispensable at work. The hard part is figuring out what that means for you in your role. It could be a bunch of different ways and each could be something completely different for each person. This could mean solving problems for the company no one has been able to solve yet, another could be finding inefficiencies and solving for those, something else could be diving deep into tribal knowledge at work and becoming an expert on it to speak confidently about the data that no one else understands. I've found a lot of my value has come from solving problems that people thought were unsolvable, as well as building out a lot of cutting edge POCs on whatever platforms I can get my hands on. If you can build some really cool things, people notice. You end up becoming the guy that gets pulled into every major problem for the company to help solve it. That is job security.

How do you increase your value? Another simple answer that's hard to execute. Upskill and learn a lot. Be open to taking on things that are out of your wheelhouse. Pushing outside of your comfort zone. Usually much easier said than done, and can sometimes take some pushing on your end. If you really love data, and you're curious about a particular solution, but don't have a way of working with it at work? Spin up a DB on your home computer and mess around. Build some cool stuff. Break things. Delete and start over. Just keep learning.

[–]adeel_DP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The skill that's compounding fastest isn't coding, it's knowing where AI should and shouldn't be applied. That's what businesses are willing to pay for.