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Prompt engineers, LLM Engineer, AI Ops, AI Safety — new roles are appearing faster than IT professionals can update their LinkedIn and resumes. But at the same time, another concern is growing: what will happen to traditional developers if machines become better at writing code? It seems that the market is starting to divide engineers no longer into junior, middle, and senior, but into those who know how to work with AI — and those who try to compete with it. dev.ua spoke with industry leaders — EPAM, Ciklum, Railsware, PlantIn, Levi9, ZONE3000 and EVO — and almost all of them are convinced that AI does not take away the value of engineering, but is very quickly changing what is currently considered strong engineering. What is actually the value for an IT professional as a specialist when the code is written by artificial intelligence?

Bolt fintech founder Ryan Breslow is at the center of a scandal again. Speaking at the Workforce Innovation Summit, he said that completely laying off the HR team helped the company get rid of «unnecessary problems,» and that most Bolt employees «just weren’t working hard enough.»

Oleg is 36. He is a backend developer with over ten years of experience, working with large international products, building service architectures, managing a small team, and launching high-load solutions that served hundreds of thousands of users. Two years ago, recruiters themselves wrote to him on LinkedIn several times a week. Today, he has been looking for a job for four months.

A Ukrainian IT guy wrote on Reddit that he received an offer for 150,000 UAH from a foreign company, although he considers himself a Junior. After an initial call with an AI agent and a conversation with HR, he reached the final stage — and now he asks the community: how to quickly «roll» into the role of a middleman and not fail.

The Council of Gunsmiths and CORE Team surveyed 27 gun and drone manufacturers. 100% plan to expand — but no engineers.

AI already writes code faster than many Junos. But team leaders are increasingly talking about another problem: developers are starting to think less. dev.ua spoke with engineers from Levi9, SPD Technology, Master of Code Global, and EPAM about whether AI assistance is really degrading specialists — and what to do about it.

Companies are cutting back on hiring entry-level talent, citing AI and the high cost of investment. But being without Jun today means being without Mids tomorrow. What do the numbers say and what do IT employers think about it?

Flutter developer Erica Gyendyeshy worked at NearCoast, endured delays, believed promises — and eventually came out publicly with it. The debt is $11,000. The manager admits it, but doesn’t give a timeframe. (UPD. The news was supplemented with a comment from the company’s co-founder and the developer herself).