Google Ex-CEO Eric Schmidt: Best Programmers Don't Write Code Anymore, They... - The Times Of India

By TOI Tech Desk
Publication Date: 2026-03-29 02:45:00

0Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the best programmers no longer write code—they write specs, set evaluation criteria, and let AI work overnight. Schmidt described a startup programmer whose AI finishes by 4 AM what would have taken him six months and 10 engineers at Google. He argued top programmers will become more valuable, not less, and that AI’s biggest impact will be automating costly corporate operations like billing, accounting, and logistics.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the most valuable programmers in the world have quietly redefined their job. They don’t write code anymore. They write specifications, set evaluation criteria, hit run—and go to bed. It’s a shift that Schmidt believes signals something much larger than a change in workflow—it’s the beginning of AI reshaping how entire industries operate.Schmidt described a programmer at one of his startups who does exactly this. Every evening at 7 PM, he defines what he wants the AI to build, writes a test…

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