The ability to collaborate across teams and orgs is critical to success. Gone are the days of holing up in your silo. Leadership teams want to see more collaboration from senior devs.
I think with generative AI things will continue to move in this direction. Hands on code time will continue to shrink, time talking to people will continue to increase.
Personally I love to code, I love quiet time, I love getting into a flow. I'm 30 years into my career and I learned to program 10 years before that. I absolutely remember when things were very different than they are now, and I'm sure there are some places where they're still different. But I think the direction is clear, technical skills are constantly giving way to soft skills.
Also call me cynical but this probably means more meetings, many of which can turn out to be a big waste of time for the individual.