> "it just can't write code like I can" while at the same time wondering why they can't land a job

People had this same prediction about offshore development

Those old school devs are able to find well paying work fixing broken software churned out by overseas code sweatshops

I predict if you can read and understand code without the help of AI models you will be in even higher demand to fix the endless broken software built by AI assisted coders who cannot function without AI help