I would agree if companies did not have a vested interest in over complicating things and creating eco systems to sell certifications and offer a consulting arm aka FDE. Using AI to improve your coding is quick, as you say, but learning all the jargons and protocols and RFC specs so some single company can try to control the new "open source" world is what is going to take a while. All the weird little token and model nuances and stuff. I would say at least keep up with knowing the acronyms of you're not going to learn it directly.