‘Never been a better time to be an engineer because…,’ says OpenAI Codex Lead, counters Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s warning

After Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned the industry about future of software engineering, Alexander Embiricos, head of product development for OpenAI’s Codex, has pushed back against Amodei’s warnings, declaring that “there’s actually never been a better time to be an engineer.” In an episode of The Twenty Minute VC podcast hosted by Harry Stebbings, recorded just days before Amodei’s comments, Embiricos expressed strong optimism about the opportunities AI tools are creating for developers.