On my first day, my mentor said something that stuck:
"Technical skills are not the bottleneck anymore."
At first I disagreed. Now I think it is mostly true.
With tools like Claude Code, a lot of implementation is faster and easier. The hard part is everything around it:
- aligning people on what to build
- handling ambiguity and changing requirements
- making good product tradeoffs
- communicating clearly across teams
Code is still necessary. But technical execution alone is not enough.
The differentiator now is who can combine technical depth with judgment, collaboration, and speed.