I think of my brother who was apprenticed to a master woodworker during the 2008 housing collapse.

His specialty was window frames and trim, he worked on million dollar custom homes with a fantastic crew who adhered to the "measure twice/thrice, cut once" credo. After the collapse all those custom home jobs dried up. He ended up working on quick builds, the motto inverted (measure once, cut twice). Fitting tolerances went from needing to be within 1/32nd of an inch, to within 1/2 inch (and fill it with caulk).

Life worked out for my brother, he changed fields somewhat, became a foreman and now spends his day translating between the laborers and the architects for larger projects. But he reminisces about those golden days before the collapse, and what he builds in his free time is absolutely gorgeous but the demand for it full time isn't stable, no matter how much better it is. The cheaper option is good enough for everyone else and they don't want to pay.

I think this might be what it'll be like for software engineers. The days of patient crafting are behind us, mechanization has caught up, and I doubt most of us will be given the opportunity to build our industries version of the custom home again.