On my way to town, a lady asked an older guy if getting into software engineering still makes sense. He laughed and told her AI will replace programmers in a few years. That’s when I realized most people think software engineering is just writing code. A non-developer asks AI: “Build me a login system.” A developer asks AI: “I’m building a Next.js app. I need auth with roles, protected routes, future API support, and I want you to flag security risks and edge cases.” Same AI. Different thinking.