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I doubt it will, because there will always be a need for understanding the code, especially when it comes to things like security, certification, etc.

I mean COBOL has not been a relevant programming language for anyone coming into the field in the past 20-40 years because it's been superseded, yet there's still a significant demand for COBOL developers, because the newer generation can't or doesn't want to work with it.

Not to completely dismiss your claim, of course; I'm sure a segment of software engineering will be agent based now or in the near future. But I don't think it'll take over as comprehensively, since the previous existential crisis - outsourcing - also hasn't decimated the software engineering market.



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