I get your points here; I've had a similar discussion with my VP of Engineering. His argument is that I'm not hired to write `if` statements, I'm hired to solve problems. AI can solve it faster that's what he cares about at the end of the day.

However I agree there's a different category here under the idea of 'craft'. I don't have a good way to express this. It's not that I'm writing these 'if' statements in a particular way, it's how the whole system is structured and I understand every single line and it's an expression of my clarity of the system in code.

I believe there a split between these two and both are focusing on different problems. Again I don't want to label, but if I *had to* I would say one side is business focused. Here's the thing though - your end customers don't give a fuck if it's built with AI or crafted by hand.

The other side is the craftsmanship, and I don't know how to express this to make sense.

I'm looking for a good way to express this - feeling? Reality? Practice?

IDK, but I do understand your side of it; However, I don't think many companies will give a shit.

If they can go to market in 2 weeks vs 2 month's you know what they'll choose.