Isn't large scale software actually where most of the automation and offshoring take place? The "judgments calls and architectural decisions" can be made just

Isn't large scale software actually where most of the automation and offshoring take place? The "judgments calls and architectural decisions" can be made just as well by software architects in India or China or Brazil. >The interesting part of a software project is all the stuff you have to do after the rote parts have been automated Absolutely. For example: 6502 Assembly -> C -> Java -> Python. Each step is exactly about that: Letting you focus on the interesting parts, and thus produce more value with less human effort. This is automation, we just call it abstraction or whatever. We didn't see a drop in the job market as result, since the demand for software had been rising even faster. The question is whether this will remain the case.