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I wonder if it makes sense to learn web development. When I am done in two years, how to find a job which is not already done by an AI? :-(

TapWaterBandit 3y ago
I think it would make sense to learn web development and use AI alongside it. Seems like no matter what you end up doing working alongside AI tools will be a part of the job so the experience with it will be useful. If AI advances to the point where large swathes of workers even amongst developers are put out of work, then worrying about your own job is a little beside the point. Will be a large and apparent social issue then. I am still skeptical this will happen but if you had asked me 3 years ago could AI do what it is capable of already by today I would have said with 100% certainty there is not chance so I'm holding back my opinion at this point.
athrowaway3z 3y ago
Its best to approach learning from a place of curiosity and never be 'done'. However, as an answer to your question: If you're looking for a skill to learn once in a short time and apply that for a decade; then web front-end coding is among the worst options.
- urbandw311er 3y ago
  Hi, coder/founder of 25 years here. I’m genuinely conflicted as to whether or not we will get to a point where front end web development loses its utility. It’s one thing to have an AI assist in coding some simple UX/UI. But an entirely different thing to stitch all those together into a fully working web application. Particularly when it’s a very complex app with multiple pages, client/server architecture, DB, etc. Perhaps I’m just being shortsighted here. I can sort of see how AI tech would evolve to achieve this. You would need an AI assistant able to persist the entire context of your application across months/years in a stable way to act as your ongoing “web developer“. Will that be feasible?

TapWaterBandit 3y ago

I think it would make sense to learn web development and use AI alongside it. Seems like no matter what you end up doing working alongside AI tools will be a part of the job so the experience with it will be useful. If AI advances to the point where large swathes of workers even amongst developers are put out of work, then worrying about your own job is a little beside the point. Will be a large and apparent social issue then. I am still skeptical this will happen but if you had asked me 3 years ago could AI do what it is capable of already by today I would have said with 100% certainty there is not chance so I'm holding back my opinion at this point.

athrowaway3z 3y ago

Its best to approach learning from a place of curiosity and never be 'done'. However, as an answer to your question: If you're looking for a skill to learn once in a short time and apply that for a decade; then web front-end coding is among the worst options.

urbandw311er 3y ago
Hi, coder/founder of 25 years here. I’m genuinely conflicted as to whether or not we will get to a point where front end web development loses its utility. It’s one thing to have an AI assist in coding some simple UX/UI. But an entirely different thing to stitch all those together into a fully working web application. Particularly when it’s a very complex app with multiple pages, client/server architecture, DB, etc. Perhaps I’m just being shortsighted here. I can sort of see how AI tech would evolve to achieve this. You would need an AI assistant able to persist the entire context of your application across months/years in a stable way to act as your ongoing “web developer“. Will that be feasible?