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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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