[benoau]

The person you're referring to is more like a conductor. Everyone in an orchestra can play their instruments just fine. Better than fine. They are great at it. But the conductor keeps them coordinated and synchronized. But these conductors will consolidate and become obsolete too. After everyone else in the chain.

Some ideas question why we would need "middleman" software at all in a decade: what's the point of Photoshop if you can ask AI to fix blemishes and manipulate images and compose your graphics without it? On some level it's selling picks and shovels after the gold rush.