From this he draws the conclusion that software engineering will require skills traditionally expected from managers, rather than just writing code.
I see this kind of sentiment a lot when managerial class people talk about "AI". I almost always feel a creeping suspicion that the managerial class want to get rid of software developers and engineers as a class, because members of that class have some agency and knowledge that the managers do not have, and cannot have. That is, the emphasis on LLM-based "AI" exists because those who peaked in high school want back on top of the status pyramid.
From this he draws the conclusion that software engineering will require skills traditionally expected from managers, rather than just writing code.
I see this kind of sentiment a lot when managerial class people talk about "AI". I almost always feel a creeping suspicion that the managerial class want to get rid of software developers and engineers as a class, because members of that class have some agency and knowledge that the managers do not have, and cannot have. That is, the emphasis on LLM-based "AI" exists because those who peaked in high school want back on top of the status pyramid.
This is how power pyramids always work. A related effect is the reason fascist dictatorships are always incompetent.