I think lots of SWE massively overestimate the amount that people in power care if the software really works most of the time. Yes even in financial matters. Here is a not secret, Accounting will stop any strange money loss that would cause any problems, its their job. If it happens often enough they will complain and have an SWE fix it. There is a reason so many companies take forever to pay out.
How much of the world currently runs on horribly broken,outdated and inaccurate spreadsheets? Disposable AI slop apps are just a continuation of this paradigm. I do think that AI slop apps will become competitive with broken spreadsheets and 10,000 scattered python notebook files, causing a massive drop in need for various SWE,Analysis, Data Scientist type jobs. I've seen report systems with individual reports in the millions that were only run once (and many not at all), a huge percent of digital work is one off disposable items.
SWE is first and foremost a power structure for the people in charge. The first thing you do when you are in power is always minimize the amount of people with power you depend on. I think that AI already is reducing the amount of people needed to maintain and develop what are basically state of the company applications for the C-suite. Sure tech first companies will be hit less hard but for example the fortune 500 will be making continuous cuts for the next decade.
How much of the world currently runs on horribly broken,outdated and inaccurate spreadsheets? Disposable AI slop apps are just a continuation of this paradigm. I do think that AI slop apps will become competitive with broken spreadsheets and 10,000 scattered python notebook files, causing a massive drop in need for various SWE,Analysis, Data Scientist type jobs. I've seen report systems with individual reports in the millions that were only run once (and many not at all), a huge percent of digital work is one off disposable items.
SWE is first and foremost a power structure for the people in charge. The first thing you do when you are in power is always minimize the amount of people with power you depend on. I think that AI already is reducing the amount of people needed to maintain and develop what are basically state of the company applications for the C-suite. Sure tech first companies will be hit less hard but for example the fortune 500 will be making continuous cuts for the next decade.