Makes sense in the LLM age.

With cheap/fast code, it's easy to support multiple software stacks since most of the abstract engineering problems are already solved.

Code - especially straightforward low-level code - is so cheap and easy to write now that some people are building their own version control systems, game engines, and other low-level tooling.

Thus, some of the most demanding, human-centric work in software dev right now - where we now spend more time than coding - is in technical PM, UI/UX, devops, and overall architecture. The decision-making and design aspects of the job.

Exciting times.