I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way, and I'm not a professional, but it seems more like you're dealing with self-identity and depression issues than 'AI brain drain' (Which I do not mean to discredit). The last paragraph atleast rung pretty true to me, who does deal with such issues.
It's the lack of motivation. Why even bother doing something by hand when an LLM can get me 90% of what I want in a few minutes, without much work from me? What value can I provide to this project that Claude cannot?
But even in the age of 3D-Printers and such, people still wood-work and metal-smith and make models. We have Suno but (most) artists are still writing music by hand, out of passion of the craft.
I'd suggest just trying to find something you're passionate about, and work on that. Maybe it's not even programming-related.
Or I'm way off-base, just trying to draw parallels to myself. Feel free to dismiss this
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I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way, and I'm not a professional, but it seems more like you're dealing with self-identity and depression issues than 'AI brain drain' (Which I do not mean to discredit). The last paragraph atleast rung pretty true to me, who does deal with such issues.
It's the lack of motivation. Why even bother doing something by hand when an LLM can get me 90% of what I want in a few minutes, without much work from me? What value can I provide to this project that Claude cannot?
But even in the age of 3D-Printers and such, people still wood-work and metal-smith and make models. We have Suno but (most) artists are still writing music by hand, out of passion of the craft.
I'd suggest just trying to find something you're passionate about, and work on that. Maybe it's not even programming-related.
Or I'm way off-base, just trying to draw parallels to myself. Feel free to dismiss this
if your agent's software delivers real world value to some people, that's motivation enough I find
For some, sure! Others may find they feel the need to contribute more than a prompt, and that's fine too!
The worry as the OP has pointed out - they will be asked to leave the workforce if they want to hone their craft by handcoding.