> do developers still refer to their job as "IT" in some places?

Yes, we do. In fact, some of our employers insist on labeling us as IT Developers specifically. I imagine that in a decade or two we'll update our titles to something like AI Developers.

You might ask, which employers? Think of the biggest, oldest, slow-moving private- and public-sector organizations that you can think of. While they might have certain divisions that are innovative, most of them are trapped in the past.

And these groups employ A LOT of individuals. More and more new developers are coming on board every day. This means that the number of IT developers could actually be growing...if that term isn't killed off first.