- Build with AI coding tools every day, and have shipped something real with them that other people used
- Can tell when an LLM’s output is subtly wrong, in code or in production systems, and can explain why
- Know how to break a vague problem into a clear spec, because writing a precise brief is now most of the job
- Have opinions on how to judge AI output: what to measure, what to read by hand, and what a good test case looks like
- Debug by reading traces and asking what the model actually saw, not by guessing
- Understand how agents fail: wrong tool calls, lost context, confident answers with no basis, and quiet drift after a model update
- Write clearly, because prompts, specs and notes are your main tools
- Are curious about how Indian households cook, eat and decide, and test your work against that reality
- Work without waiting to be told what is next, and finish what you start
- Want to build from 0 to 1, not maintain something that already works