[cro_teddy]

I think QA is still a very important role in a serious company, we still have a lot of QAs in the company I work in. We developers do write tests but that is usually not enough and QA always founds meaningful bugs. IMO a good QA team is still really valuable.

[mortivore]

I agree with this. Additionally, a lot of QAs at my company are transitioning to a test automation role where they are writing/coding their tests in addition to their normal work.