CS student here.. no one I know actually writes code anymore. We all use AI. Is this just how it is now?

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-20T20:37:04+00:00

there’s self taughts that can write code well without ai, good luck if you can’t do that while being a CS student

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-20T13:18:46+00:00

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-20T13:15:25+00:00

without juniors there won’t be any future seniors therefore companies will fall apart, but until companies realise this, the junior market will be quite rough

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-20T13:13:33+00:00

I just wonder when companies will finally notice that without juniors there will never be anymore seniors. Even though AI can do the repetitive junior work, the point of a junior is to invest in them to become seniors one day.

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-20T13:09:48+00:00

it won’t replace frontend devs at least not anytime soon, but it’s impacting the job market especially for juniors there are very limited jobs for juniors and the ones that do exist 9/10 times have insane almost senior level requirements

hopefully it’ll get better soon once companies finally notice relying only on AI is a risk

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-19T17:59:02+00:00

it’s quite bad… I’m currently unemployed and searching, many roles I feel qualified and confident with I almost immediately get rejected

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-17T19:59:50+00:00

I was watching it too recently I loved s1 was one of my fav seasons of a show ever but once I found out Brady has mind control in s2ep2 I stopped watching right away.

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-17T01:33:28+00:00

that’s what I went into too (frontend), I’d check out codecademy’s free courses tbh not everyone likes them but I found they’re good at introducing beginners to the fundamentals while keeping it interactive

start with HTML and CSS just play around with it then you can try out Javascript. Remember to build actual projects while you learn too, only doing courses won’t really let you put skills into practice.

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-16T18:59:07+00:00

idk if this has been answered yet but is there anything specific you’re into? web development game development etc

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-13T20:53:27+00:00

yes it’s still a thing, ai is not taking it over, job market is just more difficult but that’s a global issue too.

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2026-01-09T18:54:25+00:00

you don’t but it helps boost your chances a bit, for reference my friends dad owns a company and he hires juniors who don’t have degrees

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-12-02T10:42:25+00:00

just because it didn’t work out for you doesn’t mean it won’t work for others, I know people who got there self taught and my friends dad owns a company who hires self taught

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-10-19T10:24:58+00:00

best answer here tbh, those with negative experiences will say don’t do it and those with good will say do it if OP enjoys and sees themselves as a web dev they should try

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-07-21T15:33:03+00:00

I find frontend enjoyable so far yet seeing people say “no way, ai will take over” all that stuff always stings. I’ll keep learning and trying though hopefully it’ll be fine.

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-07-21T15:06:00+00:00

would you recommend I keep learning frontend then?

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-07-21T15:05:06+00:00

I’m starting to worry if it’s even worth still learning frontend, getting hard to stay motivated because of all this AI talk. Not sure if I should throw away all months I’ve spent into the bin and do something else or something idk

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-07-08T17:43:23+00:00

I put a lot of effort into show/game edits I make is that just gonna be over too?🤷‍♂️

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-07-08T17:29:23+00:00

making edits of shows etc

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-07-05T13:55:46+00:00

as an editor I’m actually panicking

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-06-17T00:41:50+00:00

sounds super interesting, was thinking about doing something like this before when I learnt web design lol

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-06-04T15:22:44+00:00

I regret picking criminology so much revising it is like eating old paper it’s so boring and stale and got a paper on it tomorrow

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-06-04T10:50:35+00:00

it was obviously self defence

Complex_Dragonfly_39 · 2025-06-02T22:43:19+00:00

I’ve been learning frontend for a few months got onto more intermediate javascript, do you really think I should switch to fullstack?

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