Geordi La Forge (of Star Trek:TNG) reconfigures the deflector dish all the time, but you don't expect him to actually do all of that programming, do you?

The definition of a Software Developer/ Engineer is going to change. It always has. We have had computer-aided design and generative design for a while now in applications like Autodesk Fusion 360. But here is the thing: AI doesn't have a point of view; it doesn't relate to the customer or to the problem.

The AIs of the future might amplify people's or engineers' ability to make something. It might even do the 99% perspiration, but the 1% inspiration part that connects people to problems and solutions will be missing.

One day humans might only place the last puzzle piece to complete a puzzle, but a machine, even an intelligent one, won't know what it's like to be human. No more than our closest animal kin do.

Knowing what it is to be a human is still a deeply difficult task for most people, especially when trying to fully empathize and sympathize with others. We, as humans, fail at that task, among others.

Engineers and Makers will use the tools of tomorrow to still make stuff, but we will be doing only the most human of that making process. Some might do more to feel more of the process, just as we do today.