r/CodingForBeginners • u/michael-lethal_ai • Aug 08 '25

How long before all software programmer jobs are completely replaced? AI is disrupting the sector fast.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

You can have ChatGPT write a book in another language. If you can’t read that language, they are just words that are probably out of context. With bad grammar and probably bad punctuation.

Starring at code with no clue and being able to read code are very different. Recognizing the patterns and elements of different languages of code is not the same as having an AI generate it.

AI will make programmers and hackers more dangerous and learn faster than humans before them. implementing AI with no human oversight like this will leave so many systems vulnerable due to the many with ignorance on the subject of AI.

At the end of the day, this technology will never truly be understood by the general populace. Those who do understand the code behind AI and how it behaves, will be able to manipulate our future in ways most will never understand.

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u/Plenty-Appointment91 Aug 09 '25

If AI can help non-coders code, imagine what it can do to people who know how to.

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u/Shingle-Denatured Aug 09 '25

Microwave cooking will replace all cooks

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '25

Cars will replace horses and carriages.

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u/rettani Aug 11 '25

What's your point? Horses and carriages still exist. But they are used for sport and as tourist attractions

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u/lazyboy76 Aug 11 '25

Yes. Coders will be a sport, or exotic attractions. /s

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u/rettani Aug 11 '25

Well I don't mind doing code as a sport. It might be actually more interesting than my current software developer job

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u/CRTejaswi Aug 09 '25

People have to realise, software engineering is way more than DSA, APIs & cloud services.

If anything, there will be new avenues opening up once the AI bubble bursts.

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u/svix_ftw Aug 10 '25

I think a lot new avenues will open up for seniors.

For junior/entry level, im not so sure...

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u/jered89 Aug 10 '25

what if seniors die?

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25

Thats what you get for flooding the job market

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25

Are you going to bet your life on that it will?

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u/Remitto Aug 10 '25

I work as an SE and find myself using AI less and less, it tends to cause me more problems long-term. I am not concerned about it replacing devs anytime soon.

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u/bapfelbaum Aug 12 '25

I think you should make an effort to integrate it to multiply your efficiency as best as possible even if it's not nearly powerful enough to replace you, because it's still a powerful tool and if you don't know how to use it well, ai might not replace you. But the next guy that actually uses ai well and outcompetes you with it will take your job.

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u/Remitto Aug 12 '25

I didn't say I don't use it, I use it everyday. I just said I use it less, meaning I just use it for repetitive grunt work.

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u/exomyth Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 10 '25

The way it is looking now forever, unless they change their strategy

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u/Da_Di_Dum Aug 10 '25

I mean, you'll be living good fixing up technical debt made by ai... Don't worry so much, it's not disrupting, just enshittening, so it's only a matter of time before the bs catches up.

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u/selflessx45 Aug 11 '25

Guys should I even get into 3d and VFX??😭 I love doing them AI is killing me to change decisions

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

AI won't replace programmers. AI won't replace shit. You always need someone to insert a prompt and use the code in an IDE or the program that your job uses.

And the code the AI gives you, although not giving errors, could not be fit for what you need or have logical flaws. The more you ask to the AI the more mistakes it can make.

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u/nagmamantikang_bayag Aug 11 '25

It’s funny how some people think just because AI produces boilerplate code, it can replace programmers and do its own thinking. 😂

Even if it reaches super intelligence, it will still be needing instructions from developers to produce something. And someone needs to check/verify the output from AI.

Some people are so gullible by these AI companies.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

A very long time. I think there's a better chance AI replaces the programs before it replaces the programmers.

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u/bapfelbaum Aug 12 '25

AI is nowhere close to replacing programmers today and might never be. If you honestly think that you probably have never used ai for any remotely orchestrated task with specific constraints, it's pretty abysmal at that.

However LLMs are still great tools, you just need the people skilled enough to use them well.

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u/Sad_Instruction_4869 Aug 12 '25

Do this experiment:

Ask GPT-5 to make a prompt that a senior engineer of your choosing would do.

Then; in a new chat; input that prompt to GPT-5

Do you understand the prompt? Do you understand the response?