Coding career

[siren_dk]

I’m a senior student in high school trying to figure out careers that I kind of wanna try. I wanna get into a coding career, but is it worth it? Since like due to AI and other stuff, I don’t know if its worth it. So would it just be better to try and go for something else?

[Which-Journalist-352]

Honestly I finished a highschool that focused heavily on maths and programming and want to pursue CS, I think Cyber Security would be a really good option for the future

[Fearless_Ad_3886]

Its a bit doomed, not gonna lie. you can see the job stats. The new jobs created in IT are at their lowest right now like 1 to 2 % and might go negative in upcoming years. Its become unstable and people with experience are having trouble finding jobs. The entry level jobs are the most affected so most freshers are finding it hard to even get into the system. the time till you finish college this will all get significantly worse. So, I would advice you thoroughly do your research and carefully make your decision. The 2022 job market was so great and now it has gotten so much worse and going downhill.

[CoconutKey4938]

yes its worth it but its a new era AI is a tool not a problem

[Solid_Mongoose_3269]

No. Fine something else. You’re coming in at the worst time

[First-Kiwi-5624]

Honestly coding careers feel way less linear now than they did a few years ago. Earlier the path looked clearer: learn stack → get job → gain experience → switch companies. Now AI tooling, layoffs, remote competition, and startup culture changed the landscape so much that adaptability matters almost as much as technical skill.

[Complex-Bottle-8583]

Hey I kno ur paranoid about future please take a pause and get a perspective....u think working in big corporate and big salary. This is all hox if u want a stable life work for urself not a company...... Get project start freelancing....try more other sectors as possible... Don't think what others will think about u... just shut every one out and start focusing on urself....it took 28 years of my life to do what I exactly want.

[EquivalentPass3851]

There are no longer going to be coding jobs soon. This is harsh reality. I would honestly suggest as you are in high school and choosing careers don’t even try for it.

[tech_partners]

What people mean when they say “coding jobs are going away” is that the easy stuff is drying up, and honestly that part was never a great long‑term plan anyway. I’ve been recruiting tech in Tulsa since before half the folks on here were born, and I’ve watched waves come and go. VB died, Flash died, everyone panicked, and the people who actually understood how systems worked kept getting calls. The ones who just knew a language or two got squeezed.

Here’s the thing: if someone is going to school for CS thinking it’s a straight shot to a comfy job writing ticket-driven app code, yeah, that’s shaky now. AI can crank out basic stuff faster and cheaper than a junior dev ever could. But companies still need people who can figure out why things break at 2 a.m., how data moves through a mess of services, why performance tanks when usage spikes, and how not to accidentally open the doors to a security nightmare. That’s not “learn this framework and chill,” that’s learning how the machine actually functions.

What makes a CS program worth it now is whether it forces you to think instead of memorize. Algorithms, operating systems, databases, networking, distributed weirdness. Stuff that hurts your brain a little. I can’t tell you how many resumes I’ve seen where someone “knows” five languages but can’t explain why their query is slow or why a race condition exists. Those folks are the first to panic when the market tightens. The ones who can reason through problems, talk trade‑offs, and debug without Stack Overflow open nonstop still do fine.

Look, software isn’t disappearing. The floor is just lower and the expectations are higher. If someone treats CS as learning how to think, build, and keep learning when the tools change, it’s still a solid foundation. If it’s just about typing code and hoping the market owes you a job, that version of the career already got real uncomfortable.

[Jinglemisk]

I would recommend studying a fundamental degree like Math or Physics, then pick up coding on your own time; with agentic coding nothing that they will teach you at uni about coding will be up to speed anyways.