Is it still worth learning to code?
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In today’s climate of increasing layoffs, higher competition for entry-level jobs, and the rise of AI, many are questioning whether the huge time investment is really worth it. Plus, with NVIDIA’s CEO claiming that “no one will need to program in 10 years,” the fear that developers could soon be obsolete is real.
In this video, I’ll share my honest take on whether learning to code is still a smart move. I’ll also present data to help you make an informed decision about whether this is the career switch for you.
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The key is to not study to be an employee. Study to be a founder and all these problems won’t exist. I don’t want to be hired. Don’t care about what employers think about me. I won’t work for them not because they disregard me, but because I’m not looking for a job. I will compete with them instead. 😊
amen bro!!!
Not everyone wants to own a business or be a founder and everything all this implies, like hiring managing, scaling, delegating, so people just want to write code. I prefer having ideas given to me, I love to build things for people and companies. I rather focus more on what I want to do (writing code and building things) and less on what I don't
@ fair
The software are not going anywhere, but if you are looking for a job, you are in for a hard time. Developers are still making money but not by being a employee
@ exactly, that’s why I’m not afraid of AI. I can open a business and start implementing AI which is a blessing nowadays.
I’m tired of non-technical people claiming that AI is going to replace software engineers. We won’t see that in our lifetimes. 70% of engineers don’t consider AI a threat to us.
Do some research buddy, you’ll be shock 🤪🤣😂
@ I use AI daily and have built AI powered applications. It’s limited.
@@Notepad123you think we are at the end of AI or the start?
@@Augsburgerjung1986 depends what you mean. We’re are nearing the limits of what llm architecture can do but in the beginning of people building ai powered application.
Start coding... you'll be shock....
Great video. :) I'm almost 32 and I just started learning because I want to pick up new skills and it's actually really fun!
Thanks! Coding is extremely rewarding especially if you're a problem-solver, but learning especially from scratch is going to be hard and time-consuming at first!
Im currently in the middle of learning Frontend Development as I changed my career direction. Will start building projects soon and then pick frameworks. But every now and then I come across such topics with AI advancement and more. TBH i get scared initially but then i learn that Im going the right way. Hopefully all my hard work pays off in the end.
You got this! Keep pushing forward and building those projects, it'll pay off in the end.
Keep it up. Im in the same boat. But i will for sure pick some AI along the way
@@catherinelijs Thanks
Same here
Instead of front end , study date science and machine learning 💯👍👍👍
When your coworker's first name is "Ro" and last name is "bot", there will be a need to worry. I keep hearing the phrase "A.I. will learn and automate boring work that you do", meaning It will automate you out of a job. I thank everyone that is or has been doing programming.
Nothing can replace having a good grasp and a well trained ability to keep and stop/continue a lot of threads of thoughts. Sure you can cut some corners using AI but the main task will still be on you, at least within the near future. Over time, the corners that can be cut are going to get bigger and bigger though, so knowing and using good working AI tools are mandatory. I'm anticipating philosophies, languages, and frameworks, bulk solutions that come bundled with or have integrated dedicated AI to improve and accelerate development.
You're right, AI will enhance productivity, but the core creative and strategic work will still be on us for the foreseeable future.
The technical debt alone requires a large number of software engineers. Just keeping the existing software up to date with the latest libraries and versions is an underestimated task across the industry. There will always be a scramble over the latest security issue and the impact.
Be Your Own BOSS!!!!
coding might still exist in future but not everyone can code like what we have today. You have got to understand that when machine can code itself, there is no need to code it such a way that human can understand. It only needs to code to another machine to read. That way it is way more efficient and effective than human coder(which then translate to machine readable format).
I agree. But it is also true that things happen or don't happen for reasons that are not so logical. A company that has to maintain an old application, as happens in the banking sector. A less logical reason is that someone knows and does not want to lose their job and continues to make their company hire the same consulting firm... In short, we don't know what will happen, but I totally agree with what you say. It is an alternative path that may exist and I don't understand why they don't talk about it when they talk about impact.
@@DS-kr3lm provided large amount of those company got dragged by legacy application can still survive in the full AGI era. Sure large bank might be able to tank initially. But most large size corporate won't be and probably get replaced by the new rising business (ai driven and only run by a few people). This is inevitable as we push AI to maturity. I guess 2025 will be the year we can see how many new systems will be born in next couple years.
I don’t think software engineers are going to go extinct due to AI, however I do believe that there is going to be a shift in the common activities and skills software engineers apply to their jobs. There will likely be a generational disconnect between old school engineers and those that get started sometime within the next 5 years forward. I think there’s going to be a greater demand for creative engineering from people that are able to take this tech development over here and this one over here and a bit of this over here and put them together to create new and unexpected things.
Interesting 🤔🤔
I agree completely! AI will likely become another powerful tool in engineers' tool-belts rather than a replacement, shifting focus toward higher-level system design and creative problem-solving.
As someone in the tech industry, I believe AI won't fully replace software developers, but it will significantly reduce the demand. Tools now exist that can, with a few prompts and in minutes, create apps that juniors would take weeks to build. Given the high competition, it's becoming less worthwhile to invest years learning to code from scratch. Personally, it took me three years to land my first job, and most others don't make it.
What about ai agent ?
I think it's still important to learn the fundamentals, even if the tools evolve.
Yeah, best case is that AI won’t live up to the hype, but it will still be good enough to take care of the low hanging fruit (juniors).
AI is way overrated. The amount of nonsense and bugs it produces is constantly overrestimated. Great that it can make a nice and fancy app but who is going to mantain and debug it? AI? Good luck,
Do some research guys, you’ll be shock🤪😂🤣
II watched a livestream three times from an ex-Netflix engineer trying out the Devin $500 edition. It's still far from usable at the moment, but don't worry too much. Keep learning.
I see we have a primeagen fan here 😎
Y focus only on Devin?
How about o3 openAI?
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You are right! I do not want to wait 5 years to see that the demand has actually increased!!!
most rational video on the topic. Someone who sounds motivational and considerate.
People need hope right now not more fear mongering.
Thank you!
it is always worth learning to code i believe. thank youuu
You're absolutely right! Thank you for watching!
If you live in the West the issue isn't AI. It's offshoring. Go to any big company and most of the dev and IT people are Wipro or Infosys contractors. The job market is tight because of H1Bs etc.
AI is coming sooner than we think and it’s inevitable 🤔🤔🤔
at 3:54 you gave me some ideas on how i can accelerate my progression to get into the industry. Maybe collab with upcoming UI/UX designers, attempt to bring it to life
That's awesome that I was able to inspire you!
You're missing one point: devs in several countries are being hired from First world companies every day because they don't want to hire people in the US anymore, it's really expensive. At the moment I am working for an indian company who literally wiped out all the engineers from an american company, they have literally zero systems personnel in the us, everything is outsourced, actually the american people they fired, were reallocated in this indian company. If you're in a developing country, trust me, you will get a job. In america? honestly I don't know.
Thank you for this analysis which does not have an apocalyptic tone like many other videos about coding and AI.
There’s so much fear mongering
Don't. EVERYONE needs to know programming, it needs to be presented since kindergarten. The future is on our way and programming its like communication for us: essential.
Calculators didn't replace mathematics. We still need to know math to solve every day problems. AI will not replace coding, because we need to understand fundamental programming concepts in order to solve problems. AI is a tool to assist developers not replace them. What do you think computers run on? Code. Without code a computer can not operate.
Really ? Being "a person that performs calculations" used to be a job _in itself_ i.e. separate from "mathematician" (they called those people "computers" funnily enough).
Now, not so much. So yes, even the humble calculator meant some jobs went away.
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Guy who makes billions as CEO of a company selling GPUs to run AI says don’t bother learning to code because AI will take your job. AI which just happens to run on GPUs. Which he sells. Biased advice much? 😂
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Jensen, Musk, Jobs.. they aren't gods so everything they say aren't gospel truth.
Fully agree with the POV that AI will just change the nature of software engineering and coding work, not replace it. If anything, I'm seeing SWEs as the biggest benefactors of AI -- they're building incredible products ridiculously fast.
I agree! AI is augmenting engineers' capabilities rather than replacing them. The rapid development cycles we're seeing demonstrate how AI can amplify engineers' skills, enabling them to focus on higher-level system design and innovation while automating more routine coding tasks.
Thank you beautiful, I have been torn between choosing my true passion(Software dev) and Teaching profession(guaranteed job after graduation). Watching all the way from Botswana(Africa)
Nice shirt! Deadhead approved!
They may be repetitive (actually, they definitely are), but unit tests are one of the things that should be least suited for automation. By "should" I mean that people who understand their value would never automate them, because they are the proof the code truly works and that the people writing it truly understand what they're making. Even delegating unit tests to a junior is a bad idea, because then you're not refocusing constantly on what you're trying to achieve. Having a machine generate them turns them into meaningless word salad, no better than lorem ipsum.
But you know, many people just see tests as a nuisance. It's one reason so much software is garbage.
Esse video é uma cura para nós que estamo sendo bombardeados com a ideia que os devs serão subtituidos
Não acho que os desenvolvedores de software irão a lugar nenhum!
Answer: yes. Always worth learning problem solving.
This was insightful, thanks
I'm glad you found it helpful!
One thing I MUST say is if you are interested in coding and tech, you need to start now! If you don't spend every waking hour to passionately learn coding for the love of the "game" of coding and figuring things out, then it's probably not for you. I learned to code 25 years ago. No formal schooling and no money. I wanted to build websites, so I learned along the way from books and whatever code examples I could find online at the time. Still coding and learning new stuff faster that ever now with the help of LLMs. If you want to do any schooling. Do a bootcamp and get a cert, but don't waste your time with getting a degree. Stuff changes so fast that by the time you graduate, what you learned will be outdated and you're graduating as a debt slave. A shortcut I'm surprised more people don't take is starting your own IT consulting business. Learn as you go like I did. Learn to use the chat bots to learn faster. "AI" is not going to replace human ingenuity or creativity. Get hustlin' and get used to hard work. Nothing is easy.
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Great advice! Starting now and learning as you go is key-tech evolves fast, so adapt, stay curious, and leverage tools like LLMs to grow even faster.
"AI" is not going to replace human ingenuity or creativity."
I would be interested in seeing the data specifically for projected job opportunities for specific roles in software engineering. Something tells me that the competition might be in full stack web development and not other roles like embedded software engineering or quant software engineering where you need more than coding skills to get into those roles.
I wonder why other people don't worry like lawyer, bank workers, drivers, Accountants ? Engineers can do any work because we keep learning everything others do?
Prominent figures in tech and computer science have popularized the notion of not learning to code, but it’s true that people will need to learn for at least a decade. Frontier AI models like Gemini 2.0, o1, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet can already code better than entry-level programmers. So, beginners can learn basic coding but won’t catch up to AI models. Only senior programmers are safe. I started learning less than a year ago, and AI models have already mastered what I’m learning, which is improving exponentially. However, I have a coding companion, and others will too, accelerating my learning. Future programmers will be a combination of AI and human intelligence, an AI augmentation with humans in the loop.
We have to embrace AI as a tool that will help take out the mundane parts of code allowing good engineers to focus on high level tasks
@@catherinelijs exactly! 😎
@@catherinelijs yes, a tool in the hands of real experts!
Cloud computing will always be relevant
For new devs things are looking bleak. Companies have not been filling positions with physical bodies but are supplementing with AI or offshoring if possible. For accountability sake there is always going to be a need for a human to sign off on a deliverable. Who knows a new software field may spring up out of this for managing AI deliverables.
The problem is not generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT. They are only level 1 AI. The real problem is the next levels, starting with AI agents. It is clear that someone will always be needed to review the code, but it will be 1 or maybe 2 people, which will make the supply of software engineer positions drop even more. This will not only affect Jr. engineers but also Sr. engineers. Companies will be able to create very complex products with virtually no human intervention. Let's remember that current agents are already capable of revising themselves and you can join several people doing “simple” tasks to generate more complex solutions. And I insist, agents are level 2, only level 2 of AI.
AI will make coders as obsolete as computers made mathematicians and physicists obsolete.
Resume: yes is worth it in 2025 and beyond.
Don't believe to all kind of speakers, only go ahead
There’s a lot more SWE jobs than most corporate jobs. That’s all that matters. If you’re going to compare it with the trades or Healthcare, then you might as well be doing those instead.
Er... 98% of the high-tech industry is on a shoe-string corporate budget, and still using software built 40 years ago. And find me a software company that actually buys new computers to replace its old Pentium Pros. I haven't worked for one yet that isn't still using hand-me-down hardware from the CEO's junk stack in his garage. AI? What's that? So, yeah.... AI may become a threat once high-tech infrastructure catches up (say, maybe in the next 20 years?), but right now, most of the stuff used by the average technology outfit isn't even on the Internet, except maybe in old UseNet archives somewhere... I'm not terribly worried. It's a good tool to use for reminding me about tedious things I don't use often, but it's not the huge threat it's being made out to be, IMO.
How will we as programmers review chatgpt code when we are learning from it 💤
It’s ok to use ChatGPT to change a text color or something repetitive.
Would you recommend or discourage SE from writing ai on their resume like chat gpt and copilot? I know its a must skill to have but there are a lot of bad devs out there who recently graduated with them. I've been on the field for 4 years now professionally but, nervous about my resume getting flagged if I add this.
I think that if you include AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot on your resume, it can be a plus if you frame them as part of your broader technical toolkit, demonstrating how you use them to enhance productivity or solve specific challenges. Focus on showcasing your four years of professional experience and your ability to leverage these tools effectively, which sets you apart from less experienced developers.
As I just copy and paste from chat gpt lol I have no idea how to code and it’s working well with my needs. 😂
No you don’t. Either that or you don’t work anywhere. I’ve seen the code GPT spits out; looks just like tutorial code. Stop bullshitting on channels where professionals actually view, dude. You’re embarrassing yourself.
Those that learned it in 6-9 months must have a lot of time, maybe no job, still living at home, or maybe just super dedicated. Self taught for over a year and still learning. Good luck my fellow techs, future web devs....but someone please get me in lol im not going to ask for 6 figures...ill be fine with 45K-50K to start! Please just get me in.
Like you said, learning is never-ending in this industry, and you never truly stop learning. Have you looked at opportunities at other non-software companies or even public institutions?
Children should study programming, but only the outstanding will enter IT (accumulation of success). It is possible that a PhD in mathematics/ IT/ etc. will be required. Today, IT studies + Bootcamp are the minimum (unless some idiots are recruiting, then maybe you can do it without it :D)
10 years? Maximum 3 years!
These people are in denial🤣😂🤪
Meanwhile watching this while talking to my Clara(OpenAI-chatbot) 😂
yo creo que si vale la pena, pero según yo el mismo concepto de programar se va a redefinir en los siguientes años, y mucho mas si llegamos a una AGI, el humano será una dupla con la IA, y ya no será tanto saber gramática de cada lenguaje sino entender la lógica detrás.
Those AI tools failed even to write simple code using Metal for iOS apps more than 6 months .
Do you think that software engineers roles are at more risk than DevOps/SREs?
If there are no Developers exist, then what would you need a DevOps Engineer for? They wouldn't have any pipelines to build to deploy software into production. Stop worrying about misinformation and learn to upskill and keep moving. Every role in tech evolves. Developers is nothing going any where any time soon. Computers can't function without code in order to tell the computer what to do.
Great answer! No role in tech is stagnant, and will evolve constantly, unless you are an expert in maintaining legacy systems built on COBOL
In AI era i think we shoud have more than one specialization. Otherwise, we'll screw up😢
Thanks❤
Glad you found it helpful!
i just got done with my schooling and im honestly in doubt ill be able to get a "good" jon considering every place needs 5 years of exp.
Lies… they’re going to get cheap foreign labor they can train and work 80+ hours a week with promises of a USA visa why you won’t get a job
Do you want a thumbnail designer to increase your ctr ?
Hablo ingles pero porque el titulo en español? De esta china?
What was your major in college ?
Bachelor in health sciences but also did a post-grad degree in software development
I am 85 years old now, shall I pickup coding via AI? I think AI will help me to do the coding and I will just do nothing and earn the money via AI, AI is my slave isn't it?
I see all these UA-cam videos made. telling ppl not to code cause it’s to hard or dying out etc. while they coding and making or made hundreds of thousands of dollars off of coding. Stop listening to these ppl. u don’t choose not to do something, cause it seems too hard. or seem like it’s dying out to some ppl. over 80% of the ppl there telling this to. are working a way harder 9 to 5 then coding . and get paid minimum wage living in a expensive state. Learn to code ppl. there ain’t one downside to learning how to code. plus u can always freelance and make extra cash on the side.
Lady you are talking about Wordpress vs Ai. The difference between the two is Ai is absolutely unprecedented. Key word there. Have a good day
Don't learn to code and be dependent on my company!
Jensen huang said the stupidest thing ever “you won’t need to learn how to code”😂
make a stream to proof you can code. i dont like all these "coders" that just talk about all topics around coding, but never show anything meaningful. Show us..(I bet she and all the channels can´t provide...)
if u are not CS degree dont even bother
Such a naysayer. A degree is just a piece of paper nowadays. I laugh at Employers that still want applicants to have a Degree! Smh
@@andyl9920bingo… absolutely correct
@@andyl9920employers are laughing at you for not being employed lol
@@andyl9920I will never hire anyone without a STEM degree. CS is not necessary, but any good degree is a must. Uneducated "self-taughts" are uttely worthless.
@gocoolchris another naysayer. Probably someone who still can't find a job with a degree! Lmfao
I'm sure the chick in the supreme shirt knows..
Nah is coming for everyones job why you think we have computers in the first place der
AI is taking over Coding Industry.
False. It’s a tool. Website templates didn’t replace UX designers. It might replace low level beginners but not seasoned developers.
The german sound is crap!
Do you know how to code? That's why you product this video...😂😂😂😂
Ugh! Another coding is dead video😂
Well , AI will decrease the demand in the workforce if not entirely , which is basically replacement.
Those people who are "learning to code" - you've always been doing it wrong. One should not "learn to code" One must study mathematics, logic, Scientific Method, engineering in general, electronics, and a few more.fundamental topics. Coding will come along as a side effect.
Not quite. Learning to code in one language translates well to learning other languages. You don’t have to be an expert in all those subjects to be a great developer, though it helps.
@tomcoop9750 learning to code is very much useless without becoming an engineer. No point in knowing how to code primitive things (nothing beyond primitive is accessible for such people) if you have no idea what to code and how to design it. And in order to become an engineer you need all the above and more.
50 X youtubers making same UA-cam vedio on same topic with same script. Kinda diabolic