Dan Shipper, co-founder and CEO of Every, a media and software company with 30 employees, shares his predictions for the future of work. He believes that Codex or Claude Code will be the platform where most of the work happens, and every company will have a "super-agent" in their Slack that employees interact with regularly.
Shipper also predicts that SaaS (Software as a Service) is not dead, but rather its economics will shift. Users will bring their own AI tokens into apps, which will improve SaaS margins. He's bullish on SaaS stocks and thinks they are undervalued.
In terms of job roles, Shipper believes that product managers (PMs) will thrive in the AI era, and full-stack designers will become superheroes. However, he also notes that automation is a lie, and humans will still be needed to work alongside AI.
Some other key points from Shipper's predictions include:
- The "AI job apocalypse" is not happening
- Forward deployed engineers are becoming increasingly essential
- CLIs (Command Line Interfaces) are making a comeback
- AI will change the way we do our jobs, but it won't replace humans completely
Shipper's predictions offer a glimpse into what the future of work might look like, with AI playing an increasingly important role in shaping job roles and industry trends.
