The value of a programmer isn't in churning out code. It's the ability to solve a real world problem, or whole class of similar problems. LLMs may eventually be

The value of a programmer isn't in churning out code. It's the ability to solve a real world problem, or whole class of similar problems. LLMs may eventually be able to climb up the value chain, but we're not there yet. The code itself is an artifact of the process of theory building while solving problems using computers. As time goes on, and new wrinkles of the problem space are found, the programmer has to manage the process of revising and extending the theory to accommodate all new observations. Knowing the keywords, APIs, and typing valid code are a hard set of skills to teach an LLM, it's taken billions of dollars of research to get close. It's still a hill to climb for the rest.