# Brendan Cody-Kenny: Learn the job next door. AI makes it easier to own more of the workflow, not just do your current task faster.

Technical Due Diligence for Software M&A https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny

### 2026-10-16 update #ai #careers #learning
Learn the job next door. AI makes it easier to own more of the workflow, not just do your current task faster.
- If you're an engineer, learn product and talk to customers. If you're in product, learn architecture, implementation and testing.
- Use AI as a sparring partner: ask questions, challenge your assumptions, build outside your specialism and inspect the results.
- You don't need to become an expert in everything. Learn enough of the adjacent disciplines to understand their decisions and trade-offs.
- The opportunity is to take responsibility for more of the loop, from identifying a problem to learning whether you've solved it.
- Don't wait for your job description to change before broadening your capabilities.

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