tl;dr: A CS professor argues programming remains a viable career despite AI, but juniors must resist using LLMs as code generators and instead write code themselves to develop real understanding—otherwise they'll fall into a "Sorcerer's Apprentice Trap" of unmaintainable systems. He recommends using AI as a TA for concepts rather than a solution-generator, and suggests programmers invest in communication, business understanding, and architecture skills. For job-seeking in the current bad market, he advises leveraging family/friend connections over online job boards.