Surviving the Great Commoditizer: Stop Getting ‘Good’ at ChatGPT

Editorial note: I originally published this over on Hit Subscribe’s blog.
I know, it’s been a while. For anyone wondering if I’d given up the blogging habit, I haven’t. I just forgot how to read for a bit.
Luckily, however, I have a 4-year old that loves Dr Seuss, so that’s gotten me back on track and no worse for the wear, except for my new penchant to follow people around like an absolute maniac, trying to get them to eat eggs and ham.
Instead of returning to form with one of the many productive tutorials I have in mind, today I rant. But I think it will be productive and even help some of you reading.
I’m going to do a deep-dive on why I think getting ‘good’ at ChatGPT (my stand-in for all LLM techs) isn’t the flex you might think, and why it’s quite likely actively bad for your career. But I’ll also offer my take on what to do instead, that will be good for your career.
Before that, however, we’ve got a lot of ground to cover about who, exactly, this advice is for (digital technicians) and how, exactly, commoditization works in the form of a commoditization lifecycle.