@Jason_Dodd We have gradually enabled software engineers to do more with less effort. Force multipliers. We don't flip switches to set machine code bits any more. We don't manually link libraries any more.

No matter how much they are derided, no-code and low-code solutions have enabled non-programmers to improve their productivity and sometimes become programmers when necessary (more seldom full-blown software engineers, but that happens too and often leads to very well-rounded and innovative software engineers). Programmable spreadsheets are the prime example.

Mostly though this has through a kind of Jevons' Paradox made human programmers even more sought for. Some tasks don't require them any more, so they have been made available for other tasks that do require expertise and an ability to translate requirements into implementation.