Learning coding

[shahar uriel]

Hi guys.

I am 30 years old, just finished a degree in a field which I do not want to work in.

I have the opportunity to join a coding bootcamp for free. 4 - 5 months of learning coding like a full time job.

I am afraid that skill will become obsolete in the near future because of AI, hence my dilemma if i should go for it.

Would really appreciate your opinion.

Thanks.  

[shahar uriel]

 @Leo GuraHi Leo. sorry for being rude. would really appreciate your opinion on the subject, since you have prior experience in the field.
 

Edited Thursday at 10:14 AM by shahar uriel

[Lyubov]

I almost went to a bootcamp in 2022 when ChatGPT launched. Here is why I decided to quit on becoming a web developer. It is not easy work, it is mentally challenging, you have to constantly be learning, I did not take to it naturally or find myself to be exceptionally good at it. There are a ton of tech layoffs and remote work is being cut, which is important to me. It's gotten incredibly competitive. If your heart is in it and you believe you will be able to support yourself while learning and land a job after that you can tolerate to support yourself further, go for it. If you are on the fence about it, then it may not be worth the effort. It is not a walk in the park for most people, this is a very competitive field now. You need to be good at it to land a job usually. 

Edited Thursday at 10:43 AM by Lyubov

[bazera]

33 minutes ago, shahar uriel said:

I am afraid that skill will become obsolete in the near future because of AI,

That's already the case, manual coding is becoming obsolete more and more. But building products isn't all about writing code, there are other aspects as well. 

Not sure if it's a good idea to learn now, because AI really disrupted the whole industry, but give it a shot if you feel like it.

Getting a job as a junior has become very competitive as well. There isn't a lot of vacancies available. 

 

[Stick]

You need to be cracked at one sector at coding. That way, you wont be replaced by the generalist AI and be extremely valuable.
I am also thinking about taking machine learning for my Bachelor's degree.

[Oeaohoo]

Funnily enough, I’m a couple of months into a similar course. I don’t see why anyone would want to hire me though as AI can do basically everything I can do and much more quickly… I have heard from other people that demand for junior developers has decreased drastically because of this.

[LastThursday]

@shahar uriel I know it's early stages but you should do it anyway. AI didn't learn from nothing, it learned from human coders. In fact human coders invented the AI in the first place.

For some high level insight into how AI is affecting the industry then this is enlightening: