This push is nothing new, since the need is there probably since 80s, definitely 90s. Visual programming in its myriad implementations, various DSLs, everything

This push is nothing new, since the need is there probably since 80s, definitely 90s. Visual programming in its myriad implementations, various DSLs, everything you can do to just stay away from that ugly low level hard code that does grunt of the work. Managers and analysts becoming 'devs' when needed. Suffice to say the wheel turned one more time. Now its more shiny than ever and I can see some real uses for it for ie smarter embedded machines or home appliances or spying and ranking of whole global population easier than ever, but very, very little on top of that. That huge hype wave that every second person keeps mentioning is out of touch with reality and mostly annoying or dysfunctional use cases people experience (and continuous costs of those). Look , I get it, tons of eager folks also here looking for ways to earn their first million before 30-35 or whatever is their inner goal they think will finally lead to life satisfaction (it won't). I may be fired one day (in fact any day is a good day, part of this job since day 1) but in next 10 years the reason won't be an LLM doing what I do better. And last point - that dream of working less generally is a proper pipe dream. You earn more but raising kids is a nightmare also from cost point. Prices of properties are skyrocketing everywhere. This rat race has also its own wheel that keeps spinning. The max most folks can dream of is either work 80% 4 days a week or something akin to what I currently have - 90% contract, working 5 days a week, but having cca 50 paid vacation days yearly. The real financial hit is somewhere around 6-7% after taxes and social payments, I'd say a good deal (while it lasts).