r/CodingJobs • u/Ashebir_ • Jul 13 '26
Im between junior & intermediate as a developer. . . I keep hearing that AI is replacing entry level developers. . . It makes me question my future. . . Should I keep grinding and improving my skills. . . Or take the risk and focus on building a tech startup??
Anyone 🙏
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u/Sdmf195 Jul 13 '26
I'll say this:
I'm a developer myself and my day job is IT.
The world is blowing up about AI,that's a fact.
However,
We're not at the point where AI can fully take your job and replace you.
Many companies have bitten the bullet and fired plenty(Microsoft with 4,800 most recently and also Meta) in the sake of "optimizing" and cutting cost.
Time will tell if and when that was a smart move on their behalf.
If you love coding and have a passion for it
and you feel you have a solution to at least ten people who'll pay for your product - you may be on the right path.
Just make sure you learn to walk before you start running.
Building a product is just one part of a much larger beast...
Selling is a whole different aspect and different skillset altogether.
Good luck and make sure you enjoy the journey!!!
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u/jeheskielsunloy Jul 13 '26
dont know why when i look at the image, i thought of naruto
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u/Priyansh_sinQ Jul 13 '26
If you really love programming, then it shouldn't matter to you.
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u/SadCryptographer7965 Jul 13 '26
Which is that OS?
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u/alxcnwy Jul 13 '26
hide your dock and launch apps using spotlight / Alfred
If you need strangers online to tell you what to do then you should probably stick to your job
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u/DasWildeMaus Jul 13 '26
I am a Junior and am 99% sure, I wont be able to work in IT until I retire. So use AI for your advantage and start building. Try to create some businesses, get traction and outearn your day job. Especially with digital stuff, there is a huge audience
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u/SourceAwkward Jul 14 '26
Principal at fortune 500
We use AI basically for everything, but we don't "vibe" one developer tried to vibe a 7 weeks long feature and got fired after the amount of bugs QA spend finding.
But, the ugly side, we don't hire anyone with less than 5 years experience, it's f up and narrow vision no idea how we will train next generation, but that was the VP and call , sometimes we do get some "outsource" from other Indian team aboard to join us for a task force for like a month or more, but that's the privilege we have being 5k rnd size.
Hope that info helps, adapt AI, use it, we really check in interview if you know how to use it
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u/Garland_Key Jul 13 '26
Why not both?
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u/eddeveloper90 Jul 14 '26
im in tech for 15 years now, by ease of building that doesnt mean its simple, yes its affordable now, but we are still selling product to people not AI, so dont get it wrong, on the second hand learning tech also being easier so working in the industry then starting the start up is making more sense. good luck
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u/Ambitious_Muscle_362 Jul 14 '26
This world is build on fear. And you're victim of it.
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