[jamez1]

Skill loss works both ways. You might miss out on forming early skills in using llms effectively, and end up playing catch up in 3-5 years from now if LLMs mark all the skills you hold to be void.

It is also likely LLMs will change programming languages, we will probably move to more formal, type safe languages that the LLM can work with better. You might be good at your language but find the world shifts to a new one that everyone has to use LLMs to be effective for.

[sceptic123]

Is there really that much skill involved in using LLMs effectively, most of the criticisms I see end up being countered with something along the lines of "you're not using the right model". That implies that much of the skill people talk about is less important than picking the correct model to use (which tend to be the more expensive ones).

And in your LLM future, who will maintain all of the legacy systems that are written in languages the LLMs don't end up assimilating? It's reasonably safe to assume there will be plenty of work left there.