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Many companies fired developers in 2024. They believed AI would do the work. They wanted higher margins.
The plan failed. Gartner says 50% of these firms will rehire by 2027. Google brought back 20% of its cut engineers.
Writing code differs from building software. AI makes code in a vacuum. It breaks in a real system.
AI lacks context. It does not know why you chose a specific fix three years ago. It does not know the history of the codebase.
The data shows the cost:
- Senior engineers work 19% slower with AI.
- AI code has 1.7x more errors.
- Teams maintain 38% more code.
AI does not fix its own mistakes. Princeton found it fails to self-correct 60% of the time. It stays confident while it is wrong.
You need humans to close the feedback loop. You need people who lived through the crashes.
Now, companies want senior devs back. They need the memory of the system.
A new crisis is starting. AI does the entry level work. Junior devs are unable to learn how systems break. This kills the talent pipeline.
Your value is not writing code. Your value is knowing how the system works.