Don't call yourself a Software Engineer, you are an AI Enabled Engineer
The article discusses the evolving landscape of software engineering in the age of AI. It highlights how professionals are rebranding themselves as AI-enabled engineers while traditional software engineering roles remain unchanged. The author emphasizes the importance of focusing on the outcomes of work rather than just titles in order to succeed in the tech industry.
- ▪Many professionals are updating their job titles to reflect their use of AI in their work.
- ▪The role of software engineers has not significantly changed despite the rapid advancements in AI technology.
- ▪The article suggests that the focus should be on the value created through work rather than the job title itself.
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| Original publisher | Ibrahim Diallo Blog |
| Canonical URL | https://idiallo.com/blog/you-are-an-ai-enabled-engineer-now |
| Publication time | Mon, 18 May 2026 17:25:55 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-18T17:29:56.689Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-18T17:29:56.689Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Don't call yourself a Software Engineer, you are an AI Enabled Engineer. LinkedIn is not a real place. By Ibrahim Diallo Published 5 hours ago ~ 6 minutes read Fund this Blog I can only imagine what it's like learning the skill of programming in this day and age. What does an average college class look like? What is the CS professor teaching? And students, how do you reconcile what you are learning vs the current job market? I know if I was a student today, I would at least attempt to make connections on LinkedIn to prepare for a future where I would need those connections to get a job. But LinkedIn is not a real place. It might have been at one point. But it certainly isn't today. Everybody is an AI Engineer/Leverager/Prompter/Professional.
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