
AI Won't Kill Your Coding Career
From The Dashboard Effect by Brick Thompson, Jon Thompson, Caleb Ochs, Landon Ochs
June 3, 2026 · 14 min · Episode 168
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of AI coding tools on software engineering and why some developers abandon them too soon.
AI is replacing software engineers. At least that's what the headlines say. But is it actually true? In this episode of The Dashboard Effect, Brick - CEO of Blue Margin and Landon - Data Platform Manager at Blue Margin, get into what AI coding tools are really doing to software engineering teams right now. They cover why developers who tried AI tools in 2024 gave up too soon, how the best engineers on their teams are using Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex to ship faster without losing the craft...
People in this episode
Hosts: Brick, Landon
Topics covered
- AI in software engineering
- coding tools
- developer productivity
- software engineering teams
- AI impact on jobs
Keywords
- AI
- software engineers
- coding tools
- Claude Code
- ChatGPT Codex
- developer productivity
- Blue Margin
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Blue Margin
Products: Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex
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