what is the most valuable skill for a developer today? 1) system design 2) debugging 3) AI tools 4) problem solving

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@codevsdev Communication

@codevsdev Nobody has mentioned this yet, but marketing and distribution. Unless someone is developing for someone else (i.e. employer), then with AI tools they can make the best app in the world, but it's useless if nobody finds it.

@codevsdev I think system design and problem solving, AI tools is not a skill I think. And debugging is important one, but AI could also do something about it, so our work to help them, or their work to help us, who know

@codevsdev Effectively communicating with humans.

@codevsdev 5) Independently wealthy.

@codevsdev Being Number 1 on the AI token spend leaderboard

@codevsdev 2 (debugging). it's the one ai can't reliably do for you because the bug usually lives in a place ai didn't see (third-party APIs, prod logs, race conditions). everything else is automatable. debugging keeps you employed

@codevsdev 5) Flexibility.

@codevsdev debugging. AI writes, but you still have to figure out why it's wrong

@codevsdev An creditcard + ai subscription

@codevsdev Thinking in systems

@codevsdev Problem solving and system design…

@codevsdev Experience.

@codevsdev Critical thinking

@codevsdev marketing + sales

@codevsdev Plumbing.

@codevsdev 5) survival

@codevsdev Focus

@codevsdev being rich to pay for tokens