0Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the best programmers no longer write code—they write specs, set evaluation criteria, and let AI work overnight. Schmidt described a startup programmer whose AI finishes by 4 AM what would have taken him six months and 10 engineers at Google. He argued top programmers will become more valuable, not less, and that AI’s biggest impact will be automating costly corporate operations like billing, accounting, and logistics.
Google ex-CEO Eric Schmidt says coding is no longer a key skill
