The AI Era: Is It Enhancing or Erasing Our Core Skills? (And Why Traditional Coding Interviews Must Evolve) We are in the midst of a tectonic shift in software development. With Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Claude generating boilerplate, optimizing functions, and writing entire scripts in seconds, the role of the developer is fundamentally changing. We are moving from being “code typers” to “code directors.” But as AI handles the heavy lifting of manual coding, an important debate has emerged: Is AI improving our foundational cognitive skills, or is it slowly killing them? And more importantly, if AI can write the code, how should we be hiring the engineers of the future? Let’s dive into how AI is impacting our core skills, what skills are actually important now, and why the traditional technical interview is broken. Press enter or click to view image in full size Generated by AI Is AI Improving or Killing Our Core Skills? ...