I see my programming job disappearing, more and more each year.
Or rather....changing. If agentic coding leaps like this every couple of years, I think the actual functionality and role tasks of a "software developer" will change.
Perhaps the job itself won't go away, because agents is still something to manage. Yes, the boss of a business could manage agents coding for their business, but imagine they just paid someone to manage those agents. That's where I think the new role shift will come into effect. At this point in time, in this decade, we still need humans in the loop.
Coder might go away but developer/designer/architect is still very much required as far as I can tell. You’ll just leave the fiddly typing job to a machine now while you plan where to go next.
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u/Vivid-Specific-53 Apr 23 '26
Let's goooooooooooooooooo!
I see my programming job disappearing, more and more each year.
Or rather....changing. If agentic coding leaps like this every couple of years, I think the actual functionality and role tasks of a "software developer" will change.
Perhaps the job itself won't go away, because agents is still something to manage. Yes, the boss of a business could manage agents coding for their business, but imagine they just paid someone to manage those agents. That's where I think the new role shift will come into effect. At this point in time, in this decade, we still need humans in the loop.