# "Programmer" as an identity is obsolete

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-02-24
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** LIVE from NEARCON Day 1 In SF (The Rollup)
- **Watch at:** 03:22:16 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ93LgM1N-o&t=12136s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2026-02-24-programmer-as-an-identity-is-obsolete-yvxg/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, ""Programmer" as an identity is obsolete," LIVE from NEARCON Day 1 In SF (The Rollup), 24 Feb 2026, 03:22:16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ93LgM1N-o&t=12136s

## Quote — verbatim

> I think just the identity — if you identify yourself as a programmer, your job is at risk... the people that identify themselves as 'I'm a full stack, I'm a back end' — no, those are going to be gone. There's zero margin\[al\] value in that skill anymore.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Closing hiring take: builders, generalists, and domain experts win; narrow programming specialists lose to agents.