Programmers Become Prompt Engineers

Software development is shifting from writing lines of code to a back‑and‑forth with AI: crafting prompts, validating outputs, stitching components, and judging model responses rather than hand‑coding algorithms. That changes what skills employers value, how CS should be taught, and how firms measure productivity and software quality. — If true at scale, this will reshape labor markets, computer‑science education, IP and safety regulations, and the governance of production‑grade software.