Reading Code Beats Writing It

Which matters more now, writing code or reading it? Reading, by a mile. When AI generates this much code, the bottleneck stops being how fast you type and becomes how fast you can review. That's why fluency with Git, pull requests, navigating a codebase, and moving through commits is what levels you up. A senior engineer with those skills plus AI tools ships multiples of what was possible a few years ago, which is exactly why senior demand is growing while routine coding shrinks. The leverag