Comment by charlie0

The solution to this, imo, is to expand the definition of what it means to "program". I'm increasingly realizing that AI tools are the new programming substrate. I've been able to heavily automate workflows and I use the word workflows loosely here.

It's allowed me tackle other parts of the knowledge stack that I would otherwise have no time for. For example, learning more about product management, marketing, and doing deeper research into business ideas. The programming has now gone strictly from coding to automating the flows related to these other jobs. In that sense, I'm still "programming", it just looks different and doesn't always involve an IDE. Bonus is my leverage has dramatically increased.