My bet is that promptgrammers will be so common they'll become standard full-stack engineers, and the few experienced programmers that still know software engineering from the ground up will become expensive gurus sought for critical tasks.

The elite gurus will get paid handsomely, while promptgrammers will be paid less since they've become a less-skilled commodity, and the company has to pay for the expensive tokens they'll avidly consume.

I've seen someone jump from Wordpress to deploying internet-facing APIs because 'they have PHP experience', and the holes in their knowledge were filled blindly by an LLM. I have also argued with a seasoned developer about how their code didn't need linting because LLMs 'already follow best practices'.

The future doesn't look bright when LLMs allow future generations to feign required knowledge.

What of the workhorse in the face of mechanical workmen? Time for a mechanical pension!

Basically, an unemployed plumber.