If you are a framework junky who also cannot write original software then, and only then, be very afraid. You are easy to hire, and easy to fire, and AI will be coming for your once popular job with no entry barrier job that paid enormously well for knowing next to nothing and contributing even less. If on the other hand you can actually write original software that solves real problems you are fine assuming the problems have not already been solved a million times before with copy/paste plus a config file.
Honestly, its my hope AI gets a lot of people fired. The entire point of software is only automation. The original goal of software was to eliminate manual effort (jobs). When software itself becomes a manual effort of little more than copy/paste, like making a CRUD app with React, then the industry has failed on a leadership, hiring, and training level.
As with everything you should have a back up plan. After being laid off last year I abandoned my software development career for data science and enterprise API management. I could afford to be patient about that because I have a back up plan, a second unrelated career in management that I was able to turn into a full time job for a while.
Everything in the modern world is all about micro-successes in only 3 areas: sales, credentials, and experience. A sale is any activity that directly influences an outside party to make a decision directly in your favor. A credential is any recognized certification such as formal education, license, contract, government blessing in writing, and so forth. Both sales and credentials are non-practical social constructs. Experience is the only practical consideration on the list formed from time on utility. If you have those 3 things you can move into any career and/or wealth investment at will.
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If you are a framework junky who also cannot write original software then, and only then, be very afraid. You are easy to hire, and easy to fire, and AI will be coming for your once popular job with no entry barrier job that paid enormously well for knowing next to nothing and contributing even less. If on the other hand you can actually write original software that solves real problems you are fine assuming the problems have not already been solved a million times before with copy/paste plus a config file.
Honestly, its my hope AI gets a lot of people fired. The entire point of software is only automation. The original goal of software was to eliminate manual effort (jobs). When software itself becomes a manual effort of little more than copy/paste, like making a CRUD app with React, then the industry has failed on a leadership, hiring, and training level.
As with everything you should have a back up plan. After being laid off last year I abandoned my software development career for data science and enterprise API management. I could afford to be patient about that because I have a back up plan, a second unrelated career in management that I was able to turn into a full time job for a while.
Everything in the modern world is all about micro-successes in only 3 areas: sales, credentials, and experience. A sale is any activity that directly influences an outside party to make a decision directly in your favor. A credential is any recognized certification such as formal education, license, contract, government blessing in writing, and so forth. Both sales and credentials are non-practical social constructs. Experience is the only practical consideration on the list formed from time on utility. If you have those 3 things you can move into any career and/or wealth investment at will.