Should you still learn to code? This AI expert's answer might surprise you
“So what I'm hearing here is in terms There's always this question, should I learn to code?”
Because what's the point of all this, you know, programming abstraction
in the end? Yeah. That's a good question. I mean, it it totally can do that if you wanted to. Oh,
man. So what I'm hearing here is in terms There's always this question, should I learn to code? Should people in school learn to code? What I heard from you is your take is in that like a year or two, you don't really need to.
My take is, I think for people that are using quad code, that are using agents to code today, you still have to understand the layer under. But yeah, in a year or two, it's not going to matter. I was thinking about what is the right historical analog for this?
About this clip
Boris Cherny discusses whether people should still learn programming in the age of AI coding tools like Claude Code. While he believes you currently need to understand the underlying technical layers when using AI agents to code, he predicts that within 1-2 years, coding knowledge won't be necessary at all.
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This addresses a widely debated question about coding education's relevance with a specific timeline prediction from an AI coding expert.
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