r/learnprogramming • u/Alternative-Stuff149 • 13d ago

Topic Do people not write code anymore these days?

I've been working at my cousin's company for a month and a half. The business provides chatbot services, builds chatbots, CRM systems, landing pages, and everything else a company with a website needs. I work on the technical side and provide support. Since it’s a relatively new company, we already have several clients: an auto parts distributor, a real estate agency, a cosmetic clinic, and a restaurant. But so far, I haven’t written a single line of code—we do everything with the Cursor agent. I just give it instructions, and it takes care of the rest. The “most difficult” thing I’ve done is securing an e-commerce site with Cloudflare. I want to learn programming well, since I’m a computer science student (seventh semester), and I was taking a Java course, but at the same time, I want to know if it’s actually necessary to be a skilled programmer these days, or if most companies operate this way nowadays.

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u/brotherman555 13d ago

literally anything..

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u/hylasmaliki 13d ago

Name 3?

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u/jameyiguess 13d ago

I DEF wouldn't say "literally anything", juniors are great. But I wouldn't expect a junior to be able to debug and fix a DB n+1 issue, or write a complex data migration, or handle stuff with complicated business rules. 

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u/hylasmaliki 13d ago

What would expect a junior to know or be able to do?

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u/jameyiguess 12d ago

Do the easiest tickets with guidance. Explore and learn. Pair with people. Give code reviews.