Howard: Modern AI removes the 10x earning advantage of software coders
Rob Howard · #2279 How are there so many AI agencies? · Sep 10, 2025 · at 16:09
Rob Howard, founder of Innovating with AI, discusses how low-code AI workflows and generative AI tools are closing the productivity and earnings gap between traditional software engineers and non-technical builders.
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“Until 2023, Being really good at coding, whether that was JavaScript, Python, PHP, or anything else, meant you had essentially 10 X or more the earning potential and the ability to build quality solutions than everybody else in the world. And that has been the fundamental change that has turned everything on its head.”
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