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> What do I think about the future of AI, which programming languages will remain relevant etc. I've been in the industry for some 30 years now - and I have be
by DocTomoe 5y ago
> What do I think about the future of AI, which programming languages will remain relevant etc.
I've been in the industry for some 30 years now - and I have become very careful, even reluctant making specific predictions like these, especially over long stretches of time. I would recommend to read a bit, sure, but stay away from opinion pieces ("AI is racist" or "Why Cariboo is the language of the future") and rather nourish a solution-oriented way of thinking ("Which problems can we solve with technology?")
Programming languages change all the time - and yet, they don't really. We're still mostly working in C-like languages, and that one's been around for half a century. Practical applications of math haven't changed in centuries. What changes are societal requirements that technology may be able to solve.
Get your daughter to have interests outside of technology. Talk politics with her. Interest her in the arts, and in business trends. The larger the palette she has, the easier she will find an interesting problem to solve.
And - I want to stress this is regardless of which gender your child has - prepare for your child to choose a different path halfway through. Support them if they choose to do so. In the end, what matters is if you spent your life in a worthwhile way, which does not necessarily mean 'in a good job'.