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Software engineering as we know it will look much different in 5-10 years.

  • Software engineering roles currently in existence are projected to be absent within a five- to ten-year timeframe.
  • Future demand will focus on individuals skilled in managing AI coding systems, though the specific title of "software engineer" will denote a "dramatically, dramatically different" function.
  • Human work is expected to shift to a higher-level agency role, abstracting the process of writing code itself, a pattern historically consistent with the evolution from machine code and punch cards to modern programming.
  • Significant concern exists regarding the displacement of current jobs, with strong reactions noted among professionals fearing obsolescence for themselves and their peers.