GitHub CEO on what AI means for developer salaries, SaaS, and more

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, joins Azeem to explore how AI is fundamentally transforming software development. In this episode you'll hear:

• (01:50) What’s left for developers in the age of AI?
• (04:54) How GitHub Copilot unlocks flow state
• (07:09) Three big shifts in how engineers work today
• (10:47) Is software development art or assembly line?
• (15:26) Why developers are climbing the abstraction ladder
• (19:35) Have we already lost control of the code?
• (23:15) What it’s actually like to work with AI coding agents
• (39:35) Welcome to the age of ultra-personalized software
• (45:37) Building the next-generation web

Thomas's links:

• GitHub: https://github.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtom/
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/ashtom

Azeem's links:

• Substack: https://www.exponentialview.co/
• Website: https://www.azeemazhar.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azhar
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/azeem

Our new show This was originally recorded for "Friday with Azeem Azhar", a new show that takes place every Friday at 9am PT and 12pm ET. You can tune in through Exponential View on Substack. Produced by supermix.io and EPIIPLUS1 Ltd