Meta's former "coding machine" says that software engineers often make the same mistakes that can hurt their careers — and they can be applied to every profession. Software engineers are likely making a few common mistakes that prevent them from advancing in their careers, says a former Meta senior staff engineer — and these mistakes are general enough to apply to any job. The end goal is to "write a lot of code," get feedback from experienced people, and "actually [take] action" on the feedback, Novati said. Related: OpenAI Is Creating AI to Do 'All the Things That Software Engineers Hate to Do'As AI advances, software engineers might not have to write as much code as they used to, anyway. Meanwhile, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted in March that AI would take over coding completely for all software engineers within a year.