I certainly can’t argue with this point. Except I will add that when I speak of a shortage of engineers, I am perhaps more speaking of a gut feeling on the over

I certainly can’t argue with this point. Except I will add that when I speak of a shortage of engineers, I am perhaps more speaking of a gut feeling on the overall quality of software the entire industry is putting out. There may or may not be a surplus of engineers out there to fill jobs, but there are a lot of hats an engineer has to wear if they actually want to drive systemic positive forward change, much of which is of course not really “engineering” at all. Maybe what I’m trying to say is: for the vast majority of new-hires despite qualifications, they will consistently produce more technical debt and that debt will need to be paid from time to time. I believe the increase in popularity of LLM-type AIs will amplify this effect and make that debt more visible and urgent.