You forget that the vast majority of software engineering in the real world is boring tech, not the new hotness that’s being peddled on Hacker News.
There is a large market for Java, C++ and COBOL engineers to this day, despite all startups on here are talking about React and Rust. There will still be a large need for actual engineers that use their meat brain and are not paid by line committed for the foreseeable future. Not everyone is writing junior-tier boilerplate that benefits from LLMs.
Ok I didn't forget. As a matter of fact, most LLMs are outright banned at my workplace.
However, the writing is on the wall and it's likely going to become one of the bullet points you'll be expected to have significant experience in when changing jobs. And I doubt that's gonna take 10 yrs
There is a large market for Java, C++ and COBOL engineers to this day, despite all startups on here are talking about React and Rust. There will still be a large need for actual engineers that use their meat brain and are not paid by line committed for the foreseeable future. Not everyone is writing junior-tier boilerplate that benefits from LLMs.