I think your point is valid for some value of “software development” that is in the realm of highly mathematical or intellectual. For the other 90% of software development that is just shipping functionality on time with low drama I’ve found bootcamp graduates to be as good if not better at least for junior developers. It’s more like having gone to a trade school where the trade is shipping software.

Arguably, for the type of developer this article is discussing, I see AI coming for the junior “mathematical” or “algo” developer before the product/feature focused developer.