--- title: Get Onboard With AI Or Get Left Behind | daily.dev description: A software engineer turned manager shares a personal journey from AI skeptic to advocate, arguing that developers who don't adopt AI tools like Kiro and Claude... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/get-onboard-with-ai-or-get-left-behind-037a5yijx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Get Onboard With AI Or Get Left Behind | daily.dev og:description: A software engineer turned manager shares a personal journey from AI skeptic to advocate, arguing that developers who don't adopt AI tools like Kiro and Claude... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/get-onboard-with-ai-or-get-left-behind-037a5yijx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/037a5YIjx.png og:image:alt: Get Onboard With AI Or Get Left Behind og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get Onboard With AI Or Get Left Behind **[Be A Better Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/beabetterdev)** · 10 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A software engineer turned manager shares a personal journey from AI skeptic to advocate, arguing that developers who don't adopt AI tools like Kiro and Claude Code are putting their careers at risk. The piece covers practical use cases including spec-driven development, brainstorming, Slack/document rewriting, and AI-powered project tracking. It also highlights the corporate angle: companies are actively rewarding AI adoption, and performance metrics tied to AI usage are already emerging. The core message is that the productivity baseline has shifted and non-adoption is no longer a neutral choice. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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