The day our jobs as software engineers has become obsolete is the day that humanity has achieved something magnificent. In a strange way, we should strive to become obsolete (in our current roles. Of course you can always pick up a new skill)

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Because this is a helpful community?

I wouldn't call it stealing, there are hundreds of companies working on reducing development effort from all sorts of angles. Developers need to continually improve their skill sets. It's more about losing your job than having it stolen.

If all you do is bang out CRUD classes that talk to an ORM all day, you're essentially a commodity.