AI exposure
Software developer: will AI take this job?
60%High exposure
You built the thing that’s now writing your code. Ironic, isn’t it?
Why
Coding benchmarks jumped from about 60% to nearly 100% of the human baseline in a single year. Architecture, product sense and owning production systems still need people.
Where to look next
- Software architect
- AI engineer / agent builder
- Security engineer
What AI already does
- Writing boilerplate and tests
- Fixing routine bugs
- Explaining code
What stays human
- System design
- Understanding what users need
- Owning production
Skills worth learning — Tech & data
- Building with AI models and agents
- Security
- System design and product sense