Software engineers are being pushed from writing code toward judging machine output.
Interviews with more than a dozen software engineers describe jobs shifting toward reviewing AI-generated code, while US tech job postings fell 36% from 2020 to 2025 and computer-science graduate underemployment exceeded 19% in 2024.
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The evidence
What the reporting establishes
What happened
Interviews with more than a dozen software engineers describe jobs shifting toward reviewing AI-generated code, while US tech job postings fell 36% from 2020 to 2025 and computer-science graduate underemployment exceeded 19% in 2024.
Pressure point
The labor indicators overlap with the post-pandemic technology correction and do not isolate AI as the cause. Interview evidence shows adaptation and anxiety, not a settled forecast that software engineering disappears.
What to watch
Entry-level hiring, wages, defect and security rates in AI-assisted code, employer training, measured productivity, and whether review-heavy roles widen or narrow access to the profession.
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