GitHub CEO on what AI means for developer salaries, SaaS, and more

Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, joins Azeem to explore how AI is fundamentally transforming software development. In this episode you'll hear:
(01:50) What’s left for developers in the age of AI?
(04:54) How GitHub Copilot unlocks flow state
(07:09) Three big shifts in how engineers work today
(10:47) Is software development art or assembly line?
(15:26) Why developers are climbing the abstraction ladder
(19:35) Have we already lost control of the code?
(23:15) What it’s actually like to work with AI coding agents
(39:35) Welcome to the age of ultra-personalized software
(45:37) Building the next-generation web
Thomas's links:
GitHub: https://github.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtom/
Twitter/X: https://x.com/ashtom
Azeem's links:
Substack: https://www.exponentialview.co/
Website: https://www.azeemazhar.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azhar
Twitter/X: https://x.com/azeem
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