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"We've been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code, now AI is coming for the coders."
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:27 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:27 am
The always indefatigable Mike Rowe spits out some facts while also highlighting important labor shortages that need to be filled ASAP.
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Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:31 am to RollTide1987
This thread happens every week for the last 3 years.
Let us know when AI replaces all the coders. Seems to have stalled massively. So the AI bubble marches to it's end slowly.
Chatgpt newest breakthrough is ads these last few years
Now ask the Gen Z people are jumping into trades and about to find about the laws of supply and demand
Let us know when AI replaces all the coders. Seems to have stalled massively. So the AI bubble marches to it's end slowly.
Chatgpt newest breakthrough is ads these last few years
Now ask the Gen Z people are jumping into trades and about to find about the laws of supply and demand
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 8:32 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:32 am to RollTide1987
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“Well, AI is coming for the coders.”
“It’s not coming for the welders, the plumbers, the steamfitters, the pipefitters, the HVAC, or the electricians.”
Yet. He forgot a word.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:33 am to UltimaParadox
Some American kids are jumping into this. Most are not. Trades are going to go the same way as grass cutters and truck drivers. Their ranks will be filled with immigration.
Y’all can keep on downvoting, but that is the trend. I’m not sure what y’all are seeing that would reverse that trend.
Y’all can keep on downvoting, but that is the trend. I’m not sure what y’all are seeing that would reverse that trend.
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:38 am to RollTide1987
Yep, keeps popping up and it's usually by people that do not understand AI.
Here's a great analogy.
Good "coders" are basically Tony Stark
AI is the iron man suit
Tony by himself can get a lot done.
Iron man suit by itself kind of sucks.
Tony + iron man suit = gets a lot of shite done
Good coders are going no where. Offshore button clickers are.
Here's a great analogy.
Good "coders" are basically Tony Stark
AI is the iron man suit
Tony by himself can get a lot done.
Iron man suit by itself kind of sucks.
Tony + iron man suit = gets a lot of shite done
Good coders are going no where. Offshore button clickers are.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:38 am to alajones
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Some American kids are jumping into this. Most are not. Trades are going to go the same way as grass cutters and truck drivers
Trade school enrollments are at all time high and outpacing college.
Gen Z has been dubbed the "tool belt" generation
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:42 am to RollTide1987
I don’t know shite about code but got ChatGPT to make me an app and it worked.
It’s literally a copy and paste protocol now.
I actually don’t agree with him about the plumbers, etc. Chat GPT works wonders.
Grok is better, though.
It’s literally a copy and paste protocol now.
I actually don’t agree with him about the plumbers, etc. Chat GPT works wonders.
Grok is better, though.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:43 am to UltimaParadox
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Trade school enrollments are at all time high and outpacing college.
I'm willing to bet the vast majority of them are men. A lot of people are bemoaning the fact that colleges and universities are majority female for the first time. However, many of those degrees (sans the medical, law, or engineering fields) have become obsolete. We will always need welders, electricians, and plumbers.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:45 am to Arthur Bach
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I don’t know shite about code but got ChatGPT to make me an app and it worked.
This is why everyone thinks coders being replaced. Even though they have no idea what is actually involved in making most software applications built by businesses and not hobbyist.
I don't disagree that ai can make coding basic stuff easier and quicker. It's another tool in the kit.
But come back to us when you get it troubleshoot the latest random bug of integration of multiple separate applications that is not known outside of your company.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:45 am to UltimaParadox
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Trade school enrollments are at all time high and outpacing college. Gen Z has been dubbed the "tool belt" generation
Maybe I’m wrong. From teaching Gen Z kids for the last several years, I may see 1 out of 50 white or black kids that have it in them to crawl under a house for a living.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:46 am to UltimaParadox
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Trade school enrollments are at all time high and outpacing college.
Gen Z has been dubbed the "tool belt" generation
They're going to regret that in a few decades.
All of the people who bitch about "demographics is destiny" who also promote the silly meme about trade schools being better are going to end up creating a society where white men are poor laborers for white women and brown/asian professionals making all the money.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:47 am to RollTide1987
Learn to plumb
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:47 am to SlowFlowPro
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white men are poor laborers for white women and brown/asian professionals making all the money.
Making money doing what?
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:49 am to RollTide1987
quote:There’s plenty of “trades” for women, most are going to be in the medical profession. The only interest I’ve seen from female students in trades is in welding.
I'm willing to bet the vast majority of them are men.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:49 am to RollTide1987
Defrauding the government > Coding
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:51 am to SlowFlowPro
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They're going to regret that in a few decades.
Seems like every tradesmen you meet in their 40s always talk about changing careers as their body cant take it anymore
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:53 am to RollTide1987
Simple minded people buy into the hype driven by the executives of big tech of AI to drive their massive valuations
Patiently waiting for the biblical crash
Patiently waiting for the biblical crash
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 8:54 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:54 am to RollTide1987
AI has hit a wall and anyone that tries to use it knows as much.
Will it improve and breakthrough? Probably.
It's literal regurgitation and often incorrect. I'm not worried about it doing any job that requires precision.
Will it improve and breakthrough? Probably.
It's literal regurgitation and often incorrect. I'm not worried about it doing any job that requires precision.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 9:10 am to RollTide1987
Doesn't a coder have to code AI in order for AI to code for a coder?
Posted on 1/18/26 at 9:17 am to RollTide1987
There are a lot of small businesses here in DFW that help kids learn to code. I think those places need to shift to teaching about AI tools, prompt engineering, etc. A business opportunity!
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