u/svix_ftw wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I mean like software engineers being directly replaced by a PM doing vibe coding or something. Are you seeing different?
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Ah I see. Yeah not directly being replaced overnight but over time the hiring trends will reshape teams.
Someone said (I can't remember who but it was a big tech leader) the ratio of PM to SWE right now is 1 to 4 and he thinks it's going to be 1 to 0.5.
I don't agree or disagree with that but it's a point that AI might not be directly replacing engineers but a company might not hire many more and might hire other roles instead and over time it effectively means engineers were "replaced".
So it's affecting the industry a lot, just not directly replacing.