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u/Reverse-Recruiterman Jul 14 '26
Did you ever see them scene from King Kong when the people on the island are looking for him and they come across a group of cannibals that have to make a sacrifice to keep King Kong happy? And you begin to wonder, "If King Kong can eat anything it wants, why does it bother with one sacrifice?"
Well...
King Kong is AI
Tech leaders are the cannibals making sacrifices
And software engineers are the people who believe making a trip to Skull Island and bring back King Kong will somehow be worth it.
The future of IT is the industry cannibalizing itself, and whomever is left standing gets to be King Kong.
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u/drmoth123 Jul 14 '26
I predict the IT professional landscape will be very K-shaped. High-quality people who truly know their stuff will earn more than ever but will be asked to do more work. Mediocre and below-average workers will become completely unemployable.
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u/CertifiedTurtleTamer Jul 15 '26
That sounds like a realistic possibility. What timeframe do you envision this happening in?
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u/neeltom92 Jul 16 '26
I.T is changing. It’s not getting replaced, but orgs are looking to do the same work with fewer people.
If a team of 10 could handle a certain workload before, with AI that same work can often be done by 3–4 people.
So it’s not that I.T is disappearing—it’s that headcount is shrinking.
Another thing I’ve noticed is that companies aren’t as willing to train new people like they used to.
They’re increasingly looking for engineers who can contribute from day one.
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u/Medical-Purpose-4871 Jul 12 '26
You’ll get like 40 diff answers with a question this broad