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The state of the software engineering industry

A candid view on where software and AI engineering are heading, what the signals actually suggest, and what it means for teams and careers.

Speakers: Gergely Orosz

Gergely Orosz

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Few people have better visibility into what is actually happening across the industry right now than Gergely Orosz. The author behind The Pragmatic Engineer – the No. 1 technology newsletter on Substack, with over 1.1 million subscribers – spends his time talking to engineers and leaders inside Big Tech and high-growth startups.

In this talk, Gergely will give his candid read on where software and AI engineering are heading: how the landscape is shifting, what it means for teams and careers, and what the signals actually suggest.

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