The software engineer work has changed with AI tools.
AI engineers have already become used to the mode of operation where you need to keep the machines working on valuable things, otherwise they are only depreciating in value.
Software engineers are becoming to be like that as well with AI assistants; they need to keep them working, and not only that, working in a way that creates value.
This has always been what managers have been doing, keeping software engineers productive.
It requires not only different skills, but also a different way of understanding work as it transforms from labor-intensive to capital-intensive.
Have you noticed a change in how you understand value creation when you have a machine creating the value?