After 36 years of it… it's mostly just typing

Yes, if you stop doing new things, then coding becomes just typing. Sure, you can write that same old code without thinking about it now.

But new stuff? Actually new stuff? That takes thought.

My boss doesn't pay me for old stuff that he can just license and have it work. He pays me to put all that easy stuff together and make it work in the ways that the business wants.