It's not that chatgpt can do the whole task, it's just that I can do it myself much faster now. Paying somebody to set up a new source that is consistent with our protocol is just too expensive relative to the 1-2 hours it takes me to do it myself now.
I don't think ETL is special at all in this way.
It is also just much, much, easier to learn today. Previously, I might have hired a developer to handle the UI side of a new project. I have about 15 years of experience building ML apps and while I have spent a good amount of time building UI, it just didn't make sense for me to do it myself after factoring in the relearning time.
With chatgpt I can create a really nice, functional, deployed UI very quickly even factoring in learning time, with much less of the frustration, miscommunication and Cost involved in working with other people.
It is not simply about job safety, it is about the career ladder.
When the career ladder is disrupted, how will even the banks evaluate someone’s ability to pay off mortgage for long term.
I write code for scientific applications. I used to hire/contract out some work to other devs. In the last 6 months I haven't needed to hire anybody else, doing so would have been a waste of money. This is 100% because of chatgpt.
Many devs are hired by other devs and these people are aware enough to know they don't need you anymore.
Other developers have been spoiled by being the one-eyed person in a room full of blind people. Those developers maybe haven't quite realize what has happened, after all, the blind people still can't code.
The conversation around junior developers is particularly upsetting.