AI agent stacks will create a new professional role: maestro developers who design, orchestrate, audit and maintain fleets of agents. These specialists will combine systems thinking, safety verification, prompt engineering, and orchestration tooling—distinct from both traditional programmers and end‑user 'vibe' coders.
— The rise of a small, scarce cohort of 'maestros' reshapes education, immigration for technical talent, labor markets, and liability regimes because orchestration skills — not routine coding — become the bottleneck for safe, high‑impact automation.
Arnold Kling
2026.01.11
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Ethan Mollick’s report of Claude Code writing and deploying a full site autonomously and his argument that the industry will bifurcate between vibe‑coders and conductor‑like professionals exemplify this emerging role.
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