Are you doomed learning coding in the AI era?

#programming #computerscience #ai #discuss

I pity all those learning to code post chatgpt

"They'll never know the feeling of finally solving a problem after going at it for 24 hours."

I hear this sentiment a lot. And honestly? I get it.

I mean the dopamine hit from solving a problem that was holding you down for days was crazy good(sometimes you still even won't know why it finally worked)

It felt like earning your stripes.A brain massage if you may. Now all that being said....

But I can't help but think some of us want to live in the past.

Isn't what we have now objectively better? I know the application of it is mostly flawed especially in the school system but for this lets assume it's being used wisely.

We used to spend hours just to realize we missed a semicolon.(I do not miss this specifically)

That wasn't problem-solving, that was just a syntax bump

You can still have the pleasure of finishing your projects, though if it takes you too little effort and time it's not the same thing. You won't get the same hit.

So these days with AI I always tell people the bar has gotten higher and just simple projects are not going to cut it. Whether it's your dopamine hit or in the processional space, the bar is very high.

We aren't coding just to debug; we are coding to build. If AI lets new learners skip the frustration and get straight to the shipping, I'll take that trade every time.

And for anyone who shares the nostalgic sentiment;

Do you really pity them or you're angry they have it easier?
Or is it the tech debt that icks you?

I'd like to hear what you think in the comments.