Love this, and it's so true. A lot of people don't get this, because it's so nuanced. It's not something that's slowing you down. It's not learning a technical skill. Rather, it's building an intuition.
I find it funny when people ask me if it's true that they can build an app using an LLM without knowing how to code. I think of this... that it took me months before I started feeling like I "got it" with fitting LLMs into my coding process. So, not only do you need to learn how to code, but getting to the point that the LLM feels like a natural extension of you has its own timeline on top.
Spot on. I code for last 25+ years. It took me a while (say about a week) to start using it meaningfully. I would not still claim I am using it efficiently or have the most productive work flow, which I think is because of the fact I keep figuring out new techniques almost on a daily basis.