
The uncertain future of coding careers and why I'm still hopeful
mooreds
created: July 3, 2025, 1:45 a.m. | updated: July 3, 2025, 2 p.m.
The Uncertain Future of Coding Careers and Why I'm Still HopefulA friend of mine, bright, driven, and relatively new to programming, asked me a heavy question the other day.
“I’m so early in my career,” they said, “I worry if I’ll even have a job in a few years.
When I first got access to GitHub Copilot a few years ago, I had my own panic.
If we don’t have to spend five years of our early careers doing repetitive tasks, that isn’t a threat, it’s a massive opportunity.
The demand for people who can solve problems, think critically, and apply human ingenuity will be higher than ever.
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