Or will ai eat all the software in the world?
Many people today face a dilemma: if you are young, should you get a degree in software engineering? And if you're already established in another career, should you switch to something that involves coding? These questions arise from a broader one: with all the hype around large language models (LLMs), is it really worth learning to code?
Recently ai-code-and-the-future-of-software-engineers/” rel=”noopener ugc nofollow” target=”_blank”>The CEO of Google stated that 25% of the code generated by the company is written by ai. Are we seeing the death of coding as we know it?
And these questions aren't just asked by people entering this field. They are also asked by several professionals whose work depends on coding. Should they continue to invest a large part of their life in improving their coding skills?
For me, the short answer is: coding will still be relevant, but maybe not for the reason you're thinking of. Because I think it's undeniable that coding jobs will change a lot in the next decade.
In this post we will look at some predictions about the future of coding and some arguments in favor of learning a programming language. With this post, I hope to give you a new perspective on why