The job is to automate the enterprise, keep things safe and reliable, and make money for the company.

It was never about software. That was just the means.

Even in the software era, fads developed and tech stacks changed frequently. Now it's just moving a hundred times faster.

You need smart systems thinkers to do this. That's the role. Be smart in managing processes and complexity.

I'm not going to give coding interviews anymore, but I am going to give architecture, systems design, and SRE interviews. People still need to know how not to fuck up a database and how to design scalable and resilient systems.