So far I have not seen much skill gain from using LLM extensively.

Maybe I will be replaced by matrix multiplication in my job, but if I need to use LLM at some point I expect little benefit from starting now.

Yes, I tried to use Claude Code two months ago. It was scary, but not useful.

“Not useful” —- one of those moments where you have to be able to adjust your views in the face of new evidence. Humans are so wedded to their beliefs that it can be agonising to let go. I have nothing but respect for people who admit they were wrong, though. I remained a skeptic for a long time, but 4.5 was enough to convince me to adopt for production code.

So far I updated from "meh, not useful" to "scary, not useful".

If it would be useful I would continue to use it, but at this point I would not use even if it would be free, not proprietary and not funding replacing me.

Eh, people have been warning me "you'll be left behind!" about the flavor of the week for decades now and it hasn't happened yet. If it happens it happens.

I fear you have not yet fully appreciated the magnitude of this particular change.