A software engineer reflects on how AI has fundamentally transformed the daily work of developers, with some already working in environments where AI handles coding, reviewing, and deployment while humans intervene only for direction or complex bugs. The author argues that while software engineers are experiencing disruption first, all knowledge workers—from therapists to lawyers to journalists—should be concerned about AI's potential to replace expertise-based work, yet most outside tech don't fully grasp the magnitude of change already underway.