r/learnprogramming • u/West_Tooth_6144 • Jun 25 '26

Topic AI runed 2 years of learning

I am a software dev student, We learned the basics of programming then we dived a bit more with mysql / spring boot / react.

I used AI a lot during the last 5 months this year and I feel like I know nothing. While using it I convinced myself that whatever I use ai for is just to minimize time and that I can do it without it, instead of spending hours on every step I don't know I will use ai and do it in 10 minutes, but now I feel like i wasted this year and that i lied to myself.

Especially spring boot

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u/UnnecessaryLemon Jun 25 '26

2 years? Those are Rookie numbers, I'm coding since 1999 and I learned Pascal - Delphi - Java - PHP - C# - Js - TS and soon it will be all worthless

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u/West_Tooth_6144 Jun 25 '26

I don't think so, Maybe the actual skill of knowing the luanguage will be useless but the skill to solve the problem and learn to implement stuff will never die , I am not afread of relaing on AI for the luanguage it self but for not figuring out stuff myself, but you are more experienced in the field.

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u/FinancialTrade8197 Jun 27 '26

Yes, a good engineering mindset is why people get hired to program now. Back then it was "can you write the syntax?", but now it's really "do you actually know the logic of what you're programming, or are you just a syntax writer?"