> I don't know what "fellow engineers" the author is accustomed to collaborating with, junior or otherwise, but the attributes enumerated above are those of a sycophant and not any engineer I have worked with.

I read "junior" as 'subordinate' and 'lacking in discernment'.. -- Sycophancy is a good description. I also like "bullshit" (as in 'for the purpose of convincing'). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit#In_the_philosophy_of_...

The point being, there's nuance to "it felt like a collaboration with another developer (some caveats apply)". -- It's not a straightforward hype of "LLM is perfect for everything", nor is it so simple as "LLM has imperfections, it's not worth using".

> Another key activity identified as a benefit to avoid in the above quote is: > > ... required me to learn ...

It would be bad to avoid learning fundamentals, or things which will be useful later.

But, it's not bad to say "there are things I didn't need to know to solve a problem".