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Personal Learning Journey

The real stories behind learning new things at any stage of your career.

4 min read Journey

Stop Coding, Start Supervising

In a bold statement at CES 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told engineers to stop writing code and start supervising it. This post explores how that single line reveals a major paradigm shift in software engineering—from coding as craft to AI-guided orchestration. For veteran developers, it’s not just a workflow change—it’s an identity crisis. And it’s not limited to tech. Drawing inspiration from adjacent fields like design, this post argues that engineers aren’t being replaced, but promoted.
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Burnout Wasn’t the End — It’s Where My New Flex Began

After 30 years in software development, burnout nearly cost me my passion — and my career. This is the story of how I rediscovered my love for building, learning, and mentoring, and how Old Dog New Flex was born.
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