Is It over for Software Engineers?

I don't think it's over for software engineers. I think this graph better reflects the end of quantitative easing and the zero interest rate era as well as section 174 changes.

If you've built anything with Claude or Cursor, you will notice that while it speeds up the process of writing code significantly, it still struggles with understanding when it comes to making changes based on 3 or more files. These tools will also liberally make unrelated changes without letting you know as part of another change you made.

Additionally, most of the cost of software development falls in the maintenance category.

Once those issues are addressed, then it might be "over".

Define Software Engineer. I had a friend, MDC, who called himself a Software Engineer and he didn't have a degree in it. AI is now eating Software Engineer jobs I guess?

What are people's actual experience here?