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12 Feb 2026 Lenny's Podcast “Engineers are becoming sorcerers” | The future of software development with OpenAI’s Sherwin Wu
“Just using the tools, you don't need to be a software engineer to lean into this. I think a lot of jobs are going to change here.”
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- Sherwin Wu
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- 12 Feb 2026
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…I love this message. I want to spend a little more time on it. When you say don't miss it, what do you recommend people do? Is it just build, lean in, learn, join a company building really interesting things? What's your advice to folks that are like, "Okay, I don't want to miss the boat." Yeah, I would just say engage with it. So it's basically like what you said, lean in. Building tools on top of this is part of the story. Just using the tools, you don't need to be a software engineer to lean into this. I think a lot of jobs are going to change here. So just using the tools, understanding the limitations of what it can and cannot do so that you can kind of watch the trend of what it can start to do as the models improve. And so it's basically getting used to this technology and getting familiar with it instead of laying back and letting it pass you. On the flip side of that, there's a lot of, I think, stress and just anxiety around, "There's so much happening, how do I keep up? I got to learn Clawdbot this week. Oh God." Is there something you learned about it just not... You're at the center of this. How do you not get overly stressed and worried about missing things that are going on and just you stay on top of news? What are some things you've done and learned?…
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