[midasz]

Wait you guys actually contemplate your "status"? This seems overly dramatic and does not match my experience at all. Software development is a very young profession and will continue to change.

I genuinely don't understand that you can, with a straight face, say that juniors with copilot can do the same work as seniors. Typing up the code is like what, 25% of time spent - during a good week!

[jongjong]

That's true. It may change back to be good again. It's what we make it. Our political systems could change as well and make us more relevant again. Like if private currencies were allowed and fully embraced by governments, being a developer would probably become high status as every business may want to have their own currency. Being able to issue and administer one's own currency may be the highest status, highest leverage job imaginable. Like a financier or bank manager. Unfortunately, this is not possible in the current political environment. There is only one tightly controlled and regulated national currency and it mostly benefits lawyers, economists, politicians, CEOs, celebrities, influencers and a whole bunch of halfwits... Not developers.