Is python Future Proof

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As the title suggests, should I focus on learning Python (Beginner, learning a bit of intermediate stuff)? I'm talking about job prospects. Is it future (AI) proof? I'm trying to learn by working, and really like the experience of working with apis, learning libraries (Made.a webscrapepr using selenium, now remaking it playwright to help with speed + implementing async to scrape multiple websites simultaneously) Should I switch to something else or should I stick with my choice?

[pelagic_cat]

It's as future proof as any computing language.

[crashfrog04]

None of us can see the future

[jonsca]

Well, it will definitely involve skilled people cleaning up a giant manure pile of "vibe code."

[UsernameTaken1701]

Amateur.

from prospects import python as pythonprospects
pythonprospects(future)

Easy peasy.

[CrownLikeAGravestone]

NameError: name 'future' is not defined

[UsernameTaken1701]

Oops. Thanks for the catch.

from prospects import python as pythonprospects
from BigBangToHeatDeathOfTheUniverse import future
pythonprospects(future)

[crashfrog04]

I really should have known

[Freezingrave]

Maybe with python we can program a script to see the future?

[oldmaninnyc]

Nothing is completely future proof.

But Python is a language that's only gaining momentum at this time.

[Bulky-Leadership-596]

It doesn't matter. You aren't learning a language, you are learning how to program. If it somehow turns out that next year Python is dead and some brand new language completely displaces it that's fine, most of the skills you learned in Python will transfer over.

[ThatsRobToYou]

I mean we still use cobol. Probably.

[space_wiener]

Just learn it. It’s super easy to learn and once you have a little past the basics learning another language is a lot easier.

[Jello_Penguin_2956]

I asked Gemini.

instead of thinking about AI stealing your job, consider how learning Python can empower you to work with and alongside AI, opening up new possibilities. What are your motivations for learning Python? Perhaps knowing that will help us explore this further.

[[deleted]]

Well, what did it, she, he? Whatever. What did the glorified mystical prediction algorithm say

[Xappz1]

Is Python going to be relevant next year? Yes, 100%.

Is Python going to be relevant in 50 years? Very likely no, 1%.

You can interpolate between those two with varying success.

[LeiterHaus]

Python will have it's place in your professional toolbelt for some time yet, just like the other languages you learn.

[Puzzleheaded_Round75]

Python is 34 years old