I’m doing a lot of hiring over the next few months, and as I prep for it, I’ve found myself stepping back to ask: What do I actually expect from great engineers today? Even six months ago, I was just starting to ask candidates about AI tools — whether they’d tried ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude, Copilot, whatever. That already feels dated. The bar has moved. What “good” looks like has shifted again. And I think it’s going to keep shifting fast. What Hasn’t Changed Before I get into what’s new, I’ll cal...