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The New Career Map for Software Engineers

2026-03-16 Science & Technology
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Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership πŸ‘‰πŸ» Redeem at: https://linear.app/ale Guest Links: https://a16z.com/author/anish-acharya/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anishacharya πŸš€πŸš€πŸš€ Work directly with Steve to get a high performance review and your next tech promotion in a year, guaranteed! http://go.alifeengineered.com/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=lf&utm_campaign=s2p-nr&utm_content=anish-acharya-sponsored For the extended conversation, become a member to this channel or join my Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/alifeengineered/p/the-career-strategy-that-survives?r=2tt9s7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true 00:00 - The Advice Early Career Engineers Need to Hear 00:49 - From Amazon to Betting on Founders 05:14 - How an SVP Pushed Anish to Quit 10:07 - Why the World Is Short on Software 17:45 - The Best Way to Build Intuition 20:39 - Engineers Are Becoming Managers (Whether They Like It or Not) 27:57 - Why Enterprise Software Is Oversold 35:53 - Where to Look for Alpha in AI 39:21 - Bearish or Bullish: Rapid Fire Round 40:22 - Should You Still Study CS? 41:59 - Where AI Token Prices Are Really Headed

Top Comments (10)

@sixzero7445 2026-03-17

doesnt need the cinematic intro

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@kasparsr 2026-03-16

whats up with cringy music

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@alanmarcero 2026-03-16

Great interview steve! you’re getting really good at this

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@martinlutherkingjr.5582 2026-03-16

10:30 Only 1 million programmers? I’m reading it’s closer to 28-47 million. Not to mention people who know how to code but don’t do it professionally.

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@kobewan777 2026-03-19

Really great discussion, one of the most level headed discussions on the transformative properties of AI that I've seen. Thanks!

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@guillermosanchezlamas2432 2026-03-18

Really love the meaningful discussions you’ve been hosting, Steve. Not a lot of content like this. Please keep it up πŸ™

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@pkapka 2026-03-18

really thoughtful discussion, liked the YouTube analogy!!

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@teakodo 2026-03-17

will we ever have a society where instead of getting a salary we get token quota per day?

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@Phanboy 2026-03-20

"there may be more intelligence on moltbook than LinkedIn" 🀣🀣 πŸ’―

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@harroldshnifer2667 2026-03-19

Yuck at the ad comments at the end

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