Business · 2h ago
Software Engineering Labor Repricing Hits Generalists Hardest
The market is repricing software engineering labor, devaluing generalist implementation skills as AI and automation compress costs. Engineers who focused on breadth over depth in the cheap-money era now face obsolescence. Deep expertise in domains like distributed systems and safety-critical code is becoming more valuable.
Meridian48 take
The piece correctly identifies a structural shift, but the 'repricing' narrative may overstate the speed of change; many companies still need generalists for legacy systems and rapid prototyping.
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