I'm starting to think there is no AI bandwagon per-se - instead the bandwagon most people associate with AI-assisted development is more a bandwagon of sloppy code and low standards - which irresponsible use of AI enables but isn't a prerequisite for (outsourcing sweatshops have been practicing it long before the dawn of LLMs).

Fortunately, I haven't jumped the bandwagon yet, so I don't even have to think about going back :)

Knowledge work has changed...But it doesn't solve company internal governance nor politics. When it takes anywhere between 2 weeks and 3months to do anything ( including approvals for non prod access) in most organizations...Code has never been the problem.

>you could choose not to jump on the bandwagon

I think it's not an option. The benefits are just too large for me.

>I do know we will never go back to mainly programming through code again, that’s for sure.

I think, in some niches, i.e. where there's something not well represented in the training set, it still makes sense to write code by hand. But I am not sure that it will continue.

> I do know we will never go back to mainly programming through code again, that’s for sure.

Say who?

There are still companies who refuse to believe this and still put Senior+ devs through hell during an interview process with junior level algorithm memorization.

In all aspects there will be dinosaurs and deniers and there will be embracers.