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Rose: AI will end software engineering as non-subjective coding is solved

Kevin Rose · Why Creativity Will Matter More Than Code | Kevin Rose and Anish Acharya · Oct 22, 2025 · at 1:09:15

Kevin Rose, entrepreneur and investor, discusses the future of software development careers with Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Anish Acharya.

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“I think engineering is over. I think we're going to be orchestrators of information, not engineers. I think those will be solved problems. Anything where there is a non subjective outcome, AI will tackle that and solve that problem.”

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