Why would your employer pay you more for using Python/Java/JavaScript? You're massively more productive when using those languages instead of C for many common development tasks.
Did the introduction of Python drastically reduce software developer salaries?
{Total demand for software} is oddly not being mentioned by most people in this thread.
First approximation, there are two AI coding futures:
1. AI coding increases software development productivity, decreasing the cost of software, stimulating more demand for the now more efficient development.
2. AI coding increases software development productivity such that the existing labor pool is too large for demand.
I'd hazard (1) in the short term and (2) in the long term.
Did the introduction of Python drastically reduce software developer salaries?