LLMs erode domain knowledge and software careers

A backend software engineer with a decade of experience shares concerns about how the widespread adoption of AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude Enterprise is eroding the value of their hard-earned domain-specific knowledge. After building deep expertise in finance and payment processing, the author finds that LLMs can rapidly synthesize and apply this complex knowledge, fundamentally altering the nature of their day-to-day work and the long-term protective moat of traditional software engineering roles.