WhiteKiwi compares responding to uncertainty around AI and employment with designing software. The proposal is to invest in durable technical and domain fundamentals while avoiding excessive coupling to specific tools or methods and retaining room to try new approaches. The author recalls changing views while moving from not using AI to actively adopting it. Related engineering writing also recommends automation matched to each team’s risk tolerance and periodic reassessment. This applies personal experience and design principles to the issue; it is not research establishing an employment forecast.