8 Rules For Learning to Code in 2025...and should you?

Networking; I cannot stress enough how important this was in my 34 years of being a software developer/engineer/architect. In all those years I only applied with interviews for a job once. In all the other times I changed jobs I was head hunted by people that knew what I could do.

Coding is just one part of the skill set of a developer. One example: in my team right now we need an Android / Kotlin developer, but we also need that developer to communicate in Mandarin with the manufacturers of our Android device in Shenzhen about issues on the device firmware and hardware, etc. Also, the messaging from these sellers of AI is getting more desperate with the hour as they see most companies not falling for their cool-aid, but being more pragmatic with the adoption of AI.

AI will help good coders become much more productive. I seriously doubt AI will replace most coders.

Long story short: IT is oversaturated right now. Colleges and bootcamps are saying that there is a need for IT to keep making money. I’ve been a Data Engineer for 13 years and have been stuck at the same company. I have a bogus degree from a school that shuttered.

one theme I run into with lots of entry level people is, they're language focused. 'What language should I learn?' Wrong question, wrong starting place.

No, the question is, what domain or ecosystem should I focus on? Which should be guided by your interests.

If you want to do web/UI work, start with Javascript/Typescript, but also, associated libraries, best practices, and general approach (which I'm not qualified to talk about, that's not me.)

If you're interested in AI, probably Python, but also Pytorch/Tensorflow/Langchain/... and also Numpy/pandas foundations, and also some statistics and ML.


The language is important, but it's only part of a technical domain.

I see no short fall in the requirement for developers. the lost and reductions in developer jobs is some else all together. most companies had too many developers in the first place and market place is making the adjustment.

So I will no longer will be able to just work on it, I'll have to live and breathe it now?

I see a drastic reduction of demand year over year from now on.

It is like repairing clocks long time ago. Plus, we are seeing tons of layoffs, not only juniors or trainees. Number of positions will reduce and salaries will go down on average.

Learning to name is more important than learning to code in the age of AI. An AI coding client like Windsurf can do the work for you only if you learn how to properly name your functions and variables.

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Very helpful and thanks for the useful links! I think what you said is really true, especially now with ai tools to aid people, it makes people lazy to fully understand coding principles. Any tips how to section time for people who have complex family needs and a full time job to stay focused? Also any links to good remote job websites that can help with the networking part?

Yep is dead.... AI is getting better and better....

very good points, man, fully applicable in real life, confirm that as the person who went through this years ago, making it into the industry successfully.

I'm learning the basics of cpp in this period, Thank you for encouraging me.

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Keep spreading the real talk!

The whole AI-taking-over thing was putting me off for a while, but then I also thought that as a senior devloper, despite Ai-assisted development being a thing, I will still be much further ahead than most when it comes to thus game.

Thank you very much Travis Media. It is very helpful video.

Are the job postings really job postings? or are they just promotions that keep looping every 15 days.

A.I. may destroy the world! People will rely more and more on A.I. and because of that, people will have less and less knowledge. One day A.I. will screw up everything and there will be no one able to fix things because no one will have the skills anymore. We are doomed! (Perhaps)

This is the same pitch from the 20th century, just not promoting traditional college..Same exact view... Specialize.and build a network. Does it work? Only if you are 'the culture.'

AI can't code without human intervention.

Sorry Travis, I disagree. I won't suggest a coding career to any human being. I've been a software engineer for 25 years. If you are studying it, please quit because AI or low-code tools will replace you. This career destroyed me as a person. It's too late for me, and I can't go back and change my field. Consider AI is a baby right now, and it will take the job of a senior developer or software architect in 3 to 5 years. I've been out of work for over a year at age 52 and live in Toronto, Canada. I'm still relevant (an experienced .NET developer) and keep myself up-to-date. However, passing the technical interviews gets harder when you get older. You should know all the technologies in the market. Why is it so hard to get a job to pay my bills?

I have a bug in my code, I don't see any error nor can Claude or CoPilot with Pro versions. I guess it's time for human gray matter to do the trick. Don't get me wrong AI is good, you can really code fast but without someone on the other side it's useless. Sometimes you have to update the question because the initial code is just not good enough. Yes, people will say, we will see in 5 years, then who will create new. code for it to continue to learn.

This is cope. It is extrapolating current use of AI linearly and not correctly. Coders are walking dead… they just can’t accept it yet.

This video is a folly . DO NOT LEARN HOW TO CODE IN 2024

Hey Travis 👋 This video is really inspiring and keeps me motivated to learn. I'm a new subscriber, and I'm excited to be a part of your channel!

Accurate for 2025-2026. After that your prompt will be: make me a TikTok app.

One difference I would like to make, is that you can use AI with coding as a beginner, hiwever ONLY to use it to teach you skills, how to syntax a specific thing you want to do, or to learn the when/where/why/how's of skills you need. Never use it to code something for you, but GODS YES use it to LEARN things.

saying don't use Ai to code is distructive at this point. you cannot compete if other developers. at be at the same pace that they are able to deliver. you would need a buffer of a year or two and so one who is willing pay for you to "learn". i think its good to use Ai to learn code. as long as the intent os learning and not copy pasting code

Peoole that think agi will take over the world honestly have no idea how it actually works or what it is actually capable of.

People that worry ai will take their jobs are just not good enough at their jobs.

All content creators related to programming deny that AI will affect the field of programmers because they want to keep getting views and selling courses.

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Honestly, it begins here. AI will continue to get smarter and more powerful. Many jobs will not go away, but if you were to hire a team of 50 developers you would only now have 10 or 15 senior developers and fit x number of juniors around them all leveraged with an AI. Doctors, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, drivers, delivery boys, farmers, masons, nurses, police, firefighters, soldiers, lawyers . They will be the only survivors...

I was into programming when I was 9 years old , got a degree in software engineering when I was 27 , and got really passionate about it when I get to 50 , I mean 16 hours study per day for years

actually I think the coding is just begun , I can not imagine how I did things without it.

every single day AI amazes me that what a great thing it is and what it can done , but I never afraid of it( him) its the most powerful tool that a developer has in vastness of this area

Like it is the easiest job in the planet to be worry about, take the passion out , coding is the hardest thing one can accomplish. actually if you are into coding for money you would not endure, you will run like hell. you got to be crazy about coding and at the same time some kind of brain that can cope with the task . so don't be afraid, Ai will open much more that it takes

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I watched your origin story. Your history is inspirational. Having said that, your 8 rules; if that's the contemporary crucible to become a dev, it's a bit much. I don't see myself coming back after an 8 or 10 hour shift of coding and doing it when I get home. Is that the commitment level for 2025 and beyond? To become a monk? I'm not Snowden

I wish you could test the new O3 from Open AI I would love to see your professional opinion on how well it can actually work on code.

AI can help not-programmer to use and create small programs, but with the risk of security issues, bugs, not standard development, portability etc...
AI absolutely can help even expert programmer to get syntax, to find solutions, new approaces, and to develop faster complex system of programs. But the programmer must be conscious on what is he introducing in the application. Not easy.
Just to say that AI is a tremendous tool, not a substitute.

I was good, but I never got my shot. Was on layoff; took advantage of TRA and finished with an associate's in CIS. Was good at writing code. I'm starting up again, 10 years later
Does age matter?

Wait, people are ditching coding for plumbing now? Guess I'll see y'all at the next toilet repair workshop!

code is essential