But gatekeeping is actually good if you care about quality, and I think we're going to discover that more with LLMs
They might democratize code but the code produced will be very low quality. Once coding communities start getting overrun with "Please help me fix my LLM generated code" we'll wish we did a bit more gatekeeping
The problem for me at least is that companies can be irrational longer than I can remain solvent, so "the right pay" feels like it is going to wind up being "whatever man I just need to pay my bills".
I suspect I'm not alone. I actually suspect that I'm the very common case. And it's not because I'm bad with money or broke either. it's just because I can't afford to retire and companies can afford to be irrational a long, long time
It didn't pay nearly well enough to make it worth the headache for me
The people who you might be justified in gatekeeping against are the very same who become the gatekeepers. They gravitate towards that role because deliberately or instinctively they understand that they either capture it, or get blocked by it.
It's just us humans that get the bad experience.
Not sure who is bad. AI companies trying to make public knowledge easily available or web sites trying to lock and monetize users' content. It's now capchas, JS, and tracking everywhere. I'm supposed to go through all of this to contribute to website so that others go through all of it to read. Add to that flashing and jumping adds which make even more unpleasant. And yes, my contribution will be locked instead of made public.