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I was in Hawaii sitting outside when I took the call from the CEO of WalletConnect. I had built out a small portion of their application in a new language called Flutter, and they wanted me to complete it.It had only taken me a about 5 days to build it over Christmas break (2 days were spent dealing with complicated maths).This was only possible because of ChatGPT, which wrote around 80% of the code on my behalf.ChatGPT helped me solve problems and build applications 5-10X faster than would have normally been possible.My increase in productivity led to amazing working opportunities and over a 5X increase in my hourly income.The call with the CEO of WalletConnect was proof.It was glorious.For the first 6 months of 2023 I used AI almost solely for software development.Even with my increased productivity, I was afraid of AI. I saw an inevitability: AI would replace me.This led me into trying to diversify, and in July of 2023, I shifted away from being purely a software developer and entered into the content creation and coaching space.When I made that shift, working with AI got much more difficult. Code is very structured (easy for AI to get right), creative writing is not structured (harder for AI to get right and sound like me).This led me to use AI much less in my day to day efforts, a huge mistake.I didn't resolve my silly mistake until a friend of mine said "When I started using ChatGPT in the place of google, that's when things changed."My friend was right.That one shift forced me to use ChatGPT in so many different ways that I simply wouldn't have thought of otherwise.Since that mental shift, I've been able to piece together frameworks for the effective use of ChatGPT outside of coding.These frameworks have saved me weeks of time and mental energy, and ultimately helped me dismiss my fear of AI as something that will replace me.I am now the thinker. AI is my executor, for code and writing.It's glorious.I no longer fear AI.I build with it.I'd love to teach you to do the same.

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  Brigham Young University

  Senior