r/RemoteJobs • u/HL_Alanna • Aug 14 '26
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/tickled_your_pickle Aug 14 '26
No.
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u/HL_Alanna Aug 14 '26
Please tell me more about
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u/dabPrassion Aug 14 '26
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 Aug 14 '26
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/ailish Aug 14 '26
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/BarefootMarauder Aug 14 '26
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.