Days of happily coding dynamic, functional web pages suddenly have a dark cloud pass over them. The powers-that-be have decided to implement a service-oriented architecture (SOA) into the business.
IBM has noted in an article on developing the SOA team internally requires an assortment of roles taking their places in the group.
Developers have a spot, along with architects, business analysts, and project managers; naturally various tech support areas have roles as well. We're only worried about the developers here. Project managers can go play with their BlackBerries or shift some paradigms if they like.