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A software engineer turned manager shares a personal journey from AI skeptic to advocate, arguing that developers who don't adopt AI tools like Kiro and Claude Code are putting their careers at risk. The piece covers practical use cases including spec-driven development, brainstorming, Slack/document rewriting, and AI-powered project tracking. It also highlights the corporate angle: companies are actively rewarding AI adoption, and performance metrics tied to AI usage are already emerging. The core message is that the productivity baseline has shifted and non-adoption is no longer a neutral choice.

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