So… I can do it all. Product manage, code, lead a team, even be my own designer in a pinch.

But that’s far too much work and context switching for one person. Someone will try, but the reason you tend to build teams of specialists is to let people focus even when they can do lots of different things.

Hey you forget sales and marketing. Just do that also.

From what i've read, tech is over represented by folks on the spectrum who struggle with focus and multitasking. I see this new trend where you are being asked to increasingly do more and more to be an especially difficult burden to bear for those who self select for careers in programming.

Ah yes, but now with AI it's going to be easy*

* Not easy at all, but too bad. We worship at the altar of productivity and either you're our blood sacrifice or you're unemployed