Marcus’s upcoming schedule

Marcus Noble is presenting at these upcoming events.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Cloud Native Denmark

The AI side effects we’re not talking about

It’s time for a frank, and possibly uncomfortable, talk about the future of our profession.

This isn’t a talk about carbon footprints, training data ethics, or the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. We’ve heard those (valid) arguments.

This talk is about us - the engineers, the developers, and the various practitioners in the software industry. Regardless of whether you’ve embraced AI or are resisting it, the structural impact on our industry is already here.

Together we will examine the immediate erosion of the engineering craft, the shift from software engineer to software approver and look toward the more dangerous, unseen consequences: the potential collapse of the junior-to-senior talent pipeline and the long-term degradation of the technical capabilities that defines our industry.

Hopefully having these concerns in mind means we can work together to avoid them and ensure our industry continue to thrive far into the future.

20 November 2026