Software Development in 2033...
Summary
The generative AI moment is turning traditional software development on its head, and coding as we know it today may look as obsolete as punch cards in a few short years. This session is an invitation to wild speculation: what will the work of software engineering and software project management look like in 10 or 20 years?
This panel brings together seasoned technology practitioners who’ve weathered past paradigm shifts in the industry. They’ll explore other questions like: How, and how long, will humans be in the coding / testing / debugging loop? What will be the core skills for building technology (and managing technologists? What should a college freshman study next year if they aspire to be a software engineer? Will there ever be a new programming language again?
Speakers
Tara Hernandez has spent nearly thirty years evolving ways for companies to develop and ship software. She helped launch Mozilla.org and has been a firm proponent of open source ever since. She also thinks smart companies understand the business value of having a diverse employee base. Tara currently works at MongoDB, is a member of the board for Women Who Code, and a member of the Continuous Delivery Foundation.
Erik Meijer is a Dutch Computer Scientist, entrepreneur, and AI enthusiast.
In his long career he has democratized many academic concepts such as functional programming, reactive programming, and language integrated query by introducing these concepts into mainstream languages such as C#, Visual Basic, Dart, and Hack, as well as through his startup Apllied Duality Inc.
As an educator, Erik has shared his knowledge through platforms like Channel 9, Coursera and edX, enlightening learners worldwide with his courses on reactive and functional programming.
As the founder of the Probability team at Meta in 2016, he is one of the pioneers in applying AI to programmer productivity and systems efficiency.
Most recently, Erik is working on providing every knowledge worker with a personal assistant that supercharges their productivity and boosts job satisfaction.
Jocelyn Goldfein is a Managing Director at Zetta Venture Partners, where she invests seed capital in AI-native startups with B2B business models.
Jocelyn is a widely recognized industry expert on product strategy, infrastructure and organizational scale. Her career as an engineering leader spans from early stage startups to high-growth years at Facebook and VMware.
During her tenure at Facebook, she helped convert News Feed to Machine Learning and spearheaded the transition to a ‘mobile first' product organization. As an early engineer at VMware, she built core virtualization technology and ultimately created and led VMware’s Desktop Business Unit. Jocelyn also held engineering and leadership roles at startups Datify, MessageOne and Trilogy/pcOrder.
Jocelyn has a passion for STEM Education. She currently lectures at Stanford University where she received her BS in Computer Science.
