> "I’m a senior and LLM’s never provide code that pass my sniff test, and it remains a waste of time."
Even a year ago that seemed like a ridiculous thing to say. LLM's have made one thing very clear to me: A massive percentage of developers derive their sense of self worth from how smart coding makes them feel.
What has to happen first is that people need to rebuild their identity before they can accept what is happening and that rebuilding process will take longer then the rate at which AI is outrunning all of us.
What is my role in tech if for the past 20 years I was a code ninja but now AI can do better than me? I can become a delegator or manager to AI, a prompt wizard or some leadership role… but even this is a target for replacement by AI.
That being said, what will be critical is understanding business needs and being able to articulate them in a manner that computers (not humans) can translate into software.