For over a decade, the tech industry ran on a single power imbalance: people with opinions needed people with code. That gap created entire career categories - product managers, designers, tech co-founders who got 50% equity just because they could open a terminal and not be intimidated. It turned ‘technical co-founder’ into the most sought-after phrase in every WhatsApp group of aspiring founders. That era ended quietly sometime in the last four months, and most people haven’t processed it yet.