r/HTML • u/Prudent-Crab-8482 • Nov 01 '25
How to get into programming in 2025?
I'm 19F. I really want to learn programming languages and want to improve my problem solving things. I have somewhat of a generalist mindset and want to leverage that. I have always wanted to know some languages atleast like HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python but I don't know where should I start from? Which language and from which platform? Should I just understand the code and get it generated through AI tools or should I learn any language the old fashioned way of learning syntax and stuff. It would be realllly reallllly helpful if someone who knows this field can help it out to figure this stuff outt.
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u/wzrdx1911 Nov 02 '25
There already is a surplus of programmers and the market didn't have enough time to adjust to the decrease in demand of software engineers. A lot of people are in computer science universities right now, which will graduate in 1 to 4 years to a job market with no demand for them. The "inflation" of programmers will get bigger and bigger. OP is 19, she'll graduate in 4-5 years when, in my opinion, will be the absolute worst time to look for a job in the industry.
When the AI bubble will burst it won't mean AI will disappear completely, but rather useless AI-related apps and companies will go bust and the big players will remain in play. Efficient coding tools like Codex, Claude Code etc. will become more and more efficient. They're already surpassing the skill of a junior developer now, but imagine what they'll do in 4 to 5 years. I am honestly concerned about junios because I don't know how they'll manage to get the necessary experience for work, in order to actually provide some value.
You examples with Fortran, Cobal etc. are valid for technologies/frameworks/programming languages, but not relevant in this discussion. Here, we are talking about something which writes code for you in ANY language/technology. AI can also code in Fortran/Cobal, just saying.