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>>tablet+(OP)
We are beyond the point of trying to convince naysayers.

I will simply not hire anybody who is not good at using LLMs, and I don't think I would ever work with anybody who thinks they aren't very useful. It's like working with somebody who things compilers are useless. Obviously wrong, not worth spending time trying to convince.

To anyone who reads this article and disagrees with the central point: You are missing the most important thing that will happen in your career. You should reevaluate because you will be unemployable in a few years.

>>mgracz+79
I don't think most people with mixed feelings in LLMs (or heretic naysayers as you put it) would want to work in a place like that, so perhaps you are doing everyone a favour!

>>andrep+sb
It reminds me of many of the people I worked with early in my career.

They were opposed to C++ (they thought C was all you need), opposed to git (they used IBM clearcase or subversion), opposed to putting internal tools in a web browser (why not use Qt and install the tool), opposed to using python or javascript for web services (it's just a script kiddie language), opposed to sublime text/pycharm/vscode (IDEs are for people who don't know how to use a CLI).

I have encountered it over and over, and each time these people get stuck in late career jobs making less than 1/3 of what most 23 year old SWEs I know are making.

>>mgracz+Td
At some point, folks just want stability. I don't think you're at that point in your career, but the technology treadmill eventually burns everyone. Ironically, you're most likely going to use GenAI to counteract what is the same scenario (learning GenAI means I never have to learn again).

>>candid+7k
Yeah of course, and that sounds like a great hobby you can have (like the woodworking example in the article).

But if you expect to get paid, you need to keep up and stay productive.

And it doesn't burn everyone out. All of the best 50+ year old engineers I know use LLMs constantly.