Eh not just the broligarchs, consulting giants want in on the action too - Will AI Eat Consulting? A Consultant’s Perspective (https://rimaiti.substack.com/p/will-ai-eat-consulting-a-cons...)

The submarine imploded, so that is VERY unlikely.

Oh I was not aware of that part of the news. Sorry to hear this.

I thought they were still searching.

AI is ONE of many CS disciplines, and if you want to specifically concentrate on it then sure, in the coming years, you may be able to reap some degree of alpha due to this. But in my opinion, the focus on AI is going to plateau, and everyone, regardless of their disciplines, would be using some sort of generative AI tech. in their work. Commonplace application of AI would benefit the early movers, but in the end, it likely would not result in the wholesale replacement/eradication of programmers IMO

Ah I'm not talking about replacement of usual programmers at all.

More about what's going to be an opportunity for huge leaps for a while.

Since MILLIONs of businesses are most likely asking one question right now:

"How can this AI stuff make ME more money!?"

Which is where a new breed of SE+AI experts will come in.

Question is: What's the straightest way to become just that.

You've already missed the boat and others have a big headstart. I would focus on the next big thing.

People have already figured out AI won't replace the developer in todays development process. At some point it will produce programs that work.. but programmers will be needed to connect those to other programs. Once AI designs the entire system at that point you will not be needed.

You have boring skills you can consult with now.

Ah, I see. Something that I hear people talk about is "Prompt Engineers", but the way current research is going, this is something that is going to be automated, or instruction-tuned LLMs would make it obsolete.

Rather, you can focus more on learning LLMs in-depth, finetuning them for a specific niche application, learning how to parameterize them appropriately, etc.

Maybe it can be a Doctor to Patient Marketplace model coupled with a service for verifying how suitable the medical provider is for your needs.