> Customers don't care about your software factory, they care about a product that works reliably.
You don't think AI is capable of putting out CRUD apps into the ether that work reliably? Even my local GLM5.3-Flash is capable of doing that. These products make up a non negligible amount of the industry. Additionally reducing headcount is about to hit in the next year or so. Where are juniors gonna find jobs? Etc etc...