For some background, I originally wanted to break into programming back when I was in college but drifted more into desktop tech support and now systems administration. SysAdmin work is draining me, though, and I want to pick back up programming and see if I can make a career out of it, but industry seems like it could be moving in a direction to rely on AI for coding. Everything I’ve heard has said AI is not there yet, but if it’s looking like it hits a point where it reaches an ability to fully automate coding, should I even bother? Am I going to be obsolete after a year? Five years?
There’s hardly any work for programmers and there hasn’t been for years, I’d say over a decade.
There is a massive demand for professionals, scientists and engineers who are tech literate and know programming.
Go develop hard skills in some field and use programming to set yourself apart.