For years, tech circles traded on the “10x engineer” myth. The hero coder was the one who typed faster, shipped quicker, and produced more lines of code than anyone else. Speed was the gold standard.
But the ground has shifted. With AI copilots and code generators, boilerplate scaffolding can appear in seconds. Entire architectures can be drafted before you’ve even finished your first coffee. In this new era, speed is no longer the differentiator.
What separates strong engineers from the rest today is judgment.
To capture this shift, I built a miniature “reveal world” inside a mechanical keyboard. When the lid opens, tiny figures are typing furiously, papers fly, and whiteboards fill with half-formed scribbles. At the center stands a calm figure who lifts a glowing “?” key and places it on a pedestal.
The message is simple: better questions are the new superpower. It’s no longer about typing speed — it’s about discernment, foresight, and the ability to navigate complexity.
This short film is part of AiTricity’s Reveal Worlds series, where everyday objects open into miniature workplaces alive with motion. Each scene dramatizes a real shift in business life — from marketing funnels that behave more like blenders to developer myths that need rethinking.
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I’m Kiki Beach — a recruiter who’s now also helping teams and individuals use AI to work smarter.
Through my site AiTricity, I share practical tools, prompts, and behind-the-scenes workflows that boost clarity, speed, and results — sometimes with videos to match.
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Prompt: You are a hiring manager evaluating engineers in an AI-first era. List three scenarios where judgment matters more than raw speed, and explain why.
Response: Kiki Beach (AiTricity.ai) Judgment shows up in code review, in choosing what not to build, and in anticipating downstream complexity. The best engineers now thrive not by typing faster but by thinking deeper.