I think the spirit is in the right place but the framing is too extreme.
I am never going to be a software engineer either but I took a CS101 class and then data structures and algorithms.
Going from zero to passing those classes was the most useful combination of things I ever learned.
I am so glad I got to do this way before LLMs because I think I am absolutely the type of person who would have used LLMs to cheat and learn nothing from the class.
I think at least those concepts are vastly worth struggling with without the help of LLMs.
I am never going to be a software engineer either but I took a CS101 class and then data structures and algorithms.
Going from zero to passing those classes was the most useful combination of things I ever learned.
I am so glad I got to do this way before LLMs because I think I am absolutely the type of person who would have used LLMs to cheat and learn nothing from the class.
I think at least those concepts are vastly worth struggling with without the help of LLMs.