A few things have not changed in the age of AI, where the LLM has replaced 3/4 of the brain power of a whole generation of engineers who once found their meaning in the code they wrote. I mean, I hate to say it’s true, but a lot of folk should have been finding their meaning in the code they decided NOT to write. It’s the classic mix-up of smart engineers and developers thinking that their “use” or “importance” to a company or product was the amount and cleverness of the code they put out. They worshipped at the feet of their own fingers, enamored with staring at themselves in the mirror, convincing themselves they were smarter and could write better code than those around them.