AI Triggers a Coding Reset That Redefines Software Jobs

AI breakthroughs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are rapidly transforming software engineering by letting AI write large swaths of code, forcing engineers to shift from manual coding to supervising AI agents and defining what to build. The shift boosts productivity and gives rise to new roles like product engineering, but it also sparks layoff concerns and questions about which skills remain uniquely human—judgment, creativity, and client collaboration. BI’s The Great Coding Reset series examines how these changes are reshaping the industry and what comes next.