Engineers need to remember who they are. You’re not middle management fluff — you’re the people who build, fix, and make the whole machine run. Corporations don’t function without real engineers. AI isn’t replacing you — it’s being used as an excuse to squeeze teams and juice quarterly numbers. The demand for strong engineers never goes away… it just gets delayed until the tech debt and broken systems force hiring back. Don’t beat yourself down. You hold more cards than you think.
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