The point that what is truly valuable in the AI era is not programming ability but “industry knowledge”

A blog post by Aaron Brethorst sparked discussion on how AI is changing the value of programming skills.

The argument: in an AI-coding era, domain expertise in payroll, logistics, or regulation matters more than writing code from scratch.

The key advantage shifts to people who can judge whether AI-generated code is correct for real-world business needs.

An Anthropic hackathon example, including a non-developer winner, was cited as evidence for this trend.