[dmitrygr]

I am as worried about LLMs taking my job as I am about parrots or magic taking it, and for the same reason. Do not worry about make-believe stuff.

Interviews are irrelevant if you publish enough good things that companies reach out to you and offer to skip them. Write. Learn. Publish. Thrive.

Building fluff is indeed a serious issue, but there are plenty of places that are doing useful things, eg: Medical. Aerospace.

Demand is weak for javascript monkeys. It is plenty strong in the same places it always has been: solving complex problems in complex systems. Go work there.