You're not thinking that companies will not just spin up 5 projects, so 5 programmers produce a notional 25 person's worth of work. And hey, maybe they sack the

You're not thinking that companies will not just spin up 5 projects, so 5 programmers produce a notional 25 person's worth of work. And hey, maybe they sack the expensive old guy and the AI spend isn't so great. Seems like a win.