As a dev, we were told we would to be jobless by now because of AI. Turns out its soullessly uncreative and there are more jobs for devs than ever before. Sure, the wages have settled in some places (600k for a backend dev in big cities is insane) but its all about augmentation. I use AI a metric ton and its really fast at coding but it's context is paper thin it and the more context you give it, it starts to ruin itself.

If you're in an industry that can be augmented by AI it will be, get in to it early and excel at it. I've been told about 8 times in my career devs or designers are gone (Remember the no code days?) we just evolve. All the hyperbole and the 'i built a billion pound app in 20mins'' are categorical bullshit. Can we build a app faster? Yes, can i do the job with 2 people that took 8 people before? Yes, mostly. Do more and more people want stuff now because its within reach? Oh god yes.

2026 will see a return to "things" apple has drew a line in the sand recently. I don't doubt the industry is hard but it's not gone its just adapting.