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I'm squarely in the camp of believing that there is an insatiable demand for software, and until that stops, software engineers are going to be in overwhelmingly short supply in the long term.
AI is forcing companies to recalibrate their resources (we're all seeing that now with layoffs and freezes), but once AI is more-or-less saturated among most companies, hiring more engineers will, once again, be the only way to build more product than the competition.
And yes, being better than the competition is all that matters. Not being better than the competition 2 years ago. The pre-AI world is gone and not coming back. Readjust your expectations. Companies that think they'll be able to last with tiny headcounts are going to get crushed by the companies who choose to grow and force AI adoption across large teams.
Yes, there's a brief period where adoption hasn't fully hit yet, but once it has, the low water mark for productivity will adjust and you still need more people to build more product, unless you have some secret AI sauce that no one else has access to (indie solopreneur building saas products, that's not you!).
AI is forcing companies to recalibrate their resources (we're all seeing that now with layoffs and freezes), but once AI is more-or-less saturated among most companies, hiring more engineers will, once again, be the only way to build more product than the competition.
And yes, being better than the competition is all that matters. Not being better than the competition 2 years ago. The pre-AI world is gone and not coming back. Readjust your expectations. Companies that think they'll be able to last with tiny headcounts are going to get crushed by the companies who choose to grow and force AI adoption across large teams.
Yes, there's a brief period where adoption hasn't fully hit yet, but once it has, the low water mark for productivity will adjust and you still need more people to build more product, unless you have some secret AI sauce that no one else has access to (indie solopreneur building saas products, that's not you!).
Realistically I think most tech jobs are a thing of the past with AI to be honestView quoted post on X
Right now we're seeing hiring stops everywhere, next will be layoffs I think
What will remain is tech founders who build things with entire AI teams which @shl says too and I believe he's right
You'd be better off going into construction and building IRL things than coding right now UNLESS you want to start your own tech business where you use AI to build it
I think corporations will need 10x to 100x less devs than they have now once they're augmented by AI
No idea about timeline and nobody can predict but within next 5 years I think this will slowly happen and again I'm seeing it from Remote OK
inb4 "no it's just your site that has a drop bro" ye ye
