India, April 19 -- Sridhar Vembu, founder and former CEO of Zoho, has shared his perspective on how software engineers can stay relevant in the age of artificial intelligence, urging them to prioritise deep domain expertise over pure coding skills.

In a post shared on X this morning, Vembu said that while programming remains a foundational skill, it is specialised knowledge of a domain that ultimately delivers value to customers. He added that businesses are willing to pay not just for technical execution, but for reliability, security, support and compliance-areas where human expertise continues to matter.

"Here is what I tell our software engineers on how to thrive in the AI era: be very good domain experts. Programming skills are the...