I would've thought that in 20 years you would have met other devs who do not think like you?
something I enjoy about our line of work is there are different ways to be good at it, and different ways to be useful. I really enjoy the way different types of people make a team that knows its strengths and weaknesses.
anyway, I know a few great engineers who shrug at the agents. I think different types of thinker find engagement with these complex tools to be a very different experience. these tools suit some but not all and that's ok
This is the correct viewpoint (in my opinion, of course). There are many ways that lead to a solution, some are better, some are worse, some are faster, some much slower. Different tools and different strokes for different folks and if it works for you then more power to you. That doesn't mean you get to discard everybody for whom it does not work in exactly the same way.
I think a big mistake junior managers make is that they think that their nominal subordinates should solve problems the way that they would solve them, without recognizing that there are multiple valid paths and that it doesn't so much matter which path is chosen as long as the problem is solved on time and within the allocated budget.
something I enjoy about our line of work is there are different ways to be good at it, and different ways to be useful. I really enjoy the way different types of people make a team that knows its strengths and weaknesses.
anyway, I know a few great engineers who shrug at the agents. I think different types of thinker find engagement with these complex tools to be a very different experience. these tools suit some but not all and that's ok