Depends on whether one wants to be a software engineer or a mere LLM operator. To be fair to the parent poster, many people do seem to aspire only to be LLM op

Depends on whether one wants to be a software engineer or a mere LLM operator. To be fair to the parent poster, many people do seem to aspire only to be LLM operators, who will be a dime-a-dozen commodities accorded even less respect and pay than the average developer is today.