I feel the same and think that globally no industry is the same even compared to 5 years ago. But most importantly programming became from a niche job to a main

I feel the same and think that globally no industry is the same even compared to 5 years ago. But most importantly programming became from a niche job to a mainstream one which translates to more bureaucracy, less freedom, less ideation, more following the rules. At the same time dev tools became new business niches so rather than following standards its now a commodity.