Where would cheaper-region engineers could possibly be found? North Korea or maybe Russia or maybe China. Iran?

This is one thing no nation would want to do. This is one thing no business would want to do. So yeah.

I'm not seeing the open internet as it once was. A new Claude model too capable to be released since the guardrails can't be guaranteed, this means walled gardens are coming up.

Local inference. Closed circuit inference. Trust me. The walls are being built as we speak.

On the other hand. SWE UNITE! If big companies eject them, SWE could federate into bigger companies. They certainly got the skills. Dump enough talent on the market and you are feeding the competition at a faster rate then ever. Nerd revolution 2.0. Big companies will be left in the dust, after the initial boost.

And this only if, and only if, no bubble will be burst :)