In any technology career, you are going to have to adapt to changes in technology. We went through the same transition from writing machine code to writing object oriented code. And from writing monoliths to writing micro services. You may not write code letter by letter the same way you used to. But your ability to adapt is your real value, not the code you can type from memory.

AI code generators still need very clear directions. They need guidelines and restrictions. They need architectural designs and decision making. They need code review. We still need the experience of qualified people, we just don’t need you to be the one typing out every letter. Delegate that part to the AI and up level your contribution.