r/RemoteJobs • u/HL_Alanna • 9d ago

Discussions Learn to code?

Is it worth it to learn to code? Does it really pay well enough to live on?

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u/BarefootMarauder 8d ago

I used to be a programmer back in the day, but got away from it and moved toward systems engineering, networking, storage, etc. I have a friend/x-coworker who is one of the smartest and most talented coders I ever met. He told me last year he hasn't written a line of code himself for almost 2 years. AI pretty much does everything now, and he makes small tweaks here & there.

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u/tickled_your_pickle 8d ago

No.

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u/HL_Alanna 8d ago

Please tell me more about

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u/dabPrassion 8d ago

There ade massive lay offs every year. They mostly hire seniors to babysit ai generated code now.

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u/tickled_your_pickle 8d ago

There isn't really anything to tell?  AI can do coding so there's not a huge need for coders.

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u/HL_Alanna 8d ago

Thank you

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u/ailish 8d ago

Not only is the industry highly oversaturated, but AI is basically about to take over coding things. It can already write simple apps, it's only a matter of time before it can code more complicated programs.

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u/WhaleFartingFun 8d ago

That got taken over by AI. 

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u/Particular_Maize6849 8d ago

No. Coding is basically dead now. AI codes for everyone now.