[kjellsbells]

Over long horizons, only very structural knowledge retains value. This is why CS courses drag you thru exercises like writing your own compiler and simulating a CPU. This isnt an observation peculiar to computing of course. The practice of biology/genetics are radically different from what they were even in the late 1990s... but the fundamentals are the same.

I coach all my gen Z hires that the skill is not in coding but communication. For example, the act of coding is a dual communication. Once to the computer, where "skill" means transmitting the message simply, unambiguously and without repetition. once again, repeatedly, to the community of readers and maintainers who look at your code (where the skill here is to communicate clearly and without misunderstanding, without needing a shared cultural, organizational or temporal context). Being able to think deeply about what it means to communicate is a true long term life skill.