100% this. AI is automating the code generation.

Being able to clearly describe a problem and work with the AI to design a solution, prioritise what to put the AI to work on, set up good harnesses so the quality of the output is kept high, figure out what parallelises well and what’s going to set off agents that are stepping on each others toes… all of this needs experience and judgement and delegation and project organisation skills.

AI is supercharging tech leads. Beginners might be able to skill up faster, but they’re not getting the same results.