Amazon Engineering Leadership on the Developer Role in the AI Era
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On October 28, 2026, Simon Willison cited an updated article from Amazon's engineering leadership about the role of developers in the AI era. In the article, Amazon engineering leader Terk Terkowitz stated that if your work cannot benefit from current AI tools, that should be seen as a discovery, not a failure. He advised engineers facing this situation to document the specific reasons, share their experience with peers, report it to managers, and seek solutions. He also argued that engineers who can clearly articulate which tasks AI cannot yet help them with are precisely demonstrating the judgment their teams require. The main sources for this view are the updated article from Amazon's engineering leadership and Willison's citation of it; no further developments have been reported.
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- Simon WillisonQuoting Terk Terkowitz
Amazon engineering leader Terk Terkowitz said that if your work doesn't benefit from current AI tools, that's a discovery rather than a failure. He advises engineers to document why, share it with peers, give feedback to managers and seek solutions, and believes engineers who can clearly explain why AI doesn't yet help their work are demonstrating exactly the judgment that's demanded. Simon Willison quoted this statement, which comes from an updated article by Amazon engineering leadership on the developer's role in the AI era.
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