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The post reflects on whether learning to code is still worthwhile in an era of AI coding assistants and widespread tech layoffs. It argues that many layoffs are rooted in pandemic-era overhiring rather than AI alone, and warns against 'vibe coding' — using AI-generated code without understanding it — because real systems break in ways that require deep knowledge to debug. It also raises concern about companies cutting junior hiring, which could create a future experience gap. The conclusion is that shallow syntax knowledge is losing value, but deep systems thinking, problem-solving, and the ability to guide AI tools intelligently remain essential and increasingly important.

Should You Still Learn Coding in the Age of AI? The Question Every Developer Is Quietly Asking

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You can also look at it this way. AI filters out weak engineers from the get go. They think AI will take their jobs. They will be scared off and that means more for us. The engineers that keep on upskilling, adapting, and learning deep will be rewarded. Patience and discipline is what’s needed for this generation. Sadly, those two values are scarce nowadays (thanks to social media).

OF COURSE.
IMO, I think the collective industry hangover is starting to set in. AI coding has exacerbated the worst parts of coding and development, by accelerating the parts that didn’t need accelerating in the first place.
We didn’t need to write code faster, nor did we need to generate code we didn’t fully understand.
If you like to code manually: keep it up! Real understanding comes from friction, and friction comes from problem solving. If you cut out the problem solving, whatever you think you know is superficial.
Also keep in mind: everything fails at some point, nothing is infallible, especially non-deterministic pattern interpolators like LLMs. Everything works, until it doesn’t. When it doesn’t, who debugs the debugger? I’ve started <a href="http://confident-coding.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">confident-coding.com</a> to address this, because I think we’re going to need to constantly remind, educate and guide people on what it means to think carefully, think critically, and know how to find the rope that can pull you back above the surface when you’re drowning in the error codes.

It will be all about understanding fundamentals and reviewing the ai generated code.

Learning to code is still important. People which still stick to this path will have their place in the long run. Because many people will give up and the space will be Left for those with passion for coding.