Are We Training Developers or AI Prompt Operators?

Companies are increasingly cutting investment in specialized technical training and replacing it with generic programs focused on AI tools such as Copilot, Claude Code, Codex or Opencode. This shift is shaping a new type of developer, more generalist in nature. Professionals who can request code from tools, but who often lack deep understanding of any specific language, framework, or technology stack. The problem starts with the absence of strong fundamentals. Without them, developers lose the a