>It doesnt all need to be automated for it to basically crush SWE as a good career Let's be real, even at $60k, the WFH makes it tolerable, but you'll need lif

>It doesnt all need to be automated for it to basically crush SWE as a good career Let's be real, even at $60k, the WFH makes it tolerable, but you'll need lifestyle changes like selling your house if your mortgage is too much. Plenty of people working hospital jobs making around $40k and we don't deal with medical sharps and patients that bite you. It could always be worse. If companies don't see the value with human engineers, let them suffer the consequences. If they can run a business with only AI coding, there probably isn't a significant moat there, and then they'll have lots of competition as a lot of bored SWEs use AI as well and start companies to stay in the game.