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Coding is dead.
I've seen this prediction thrown around more and more lately, but will programmers really go extinct anytime soon?
It's in my best interest to shill for the learn to code industry on this channel.
However, looking into 2023, there are some really bad looking storm clouds on the horizon.
In today's video, we'll look at 6 messed up trends that might kill programming once and for all, along with a few shreds of hope at the end.
Before we get into it, I'd recommend you sign up for FireShip Pro to learn how to code with a brand new platform I built from scratch that provides an addictive meme driven experience, and this might be your last chance to support the channel before coding dies forever.
The first trend I wanna talk about is stalled technology.
Now normally, I love making fun of Facebook on this channel, but things have gotten so bad with the metaverse that I honestly just feel sad at this point.
Like, the entire metaverse likely has fewer daily active users than that shitty side project that you totally forgot about.
Like, they just keep pouring money into this thing, and so far it's been nothing but an embarrassing flop.
I highly recommend watching this video from Mental Outlaw to learn more about why it sucks so bad.
Now even though the metaverse sucks right now, that doesn't mean it's not going to be a big thing in the future.
There are quite a few technologies out there that haven't fully matured to the point where there's a massive demand for new programmers in the field, but have the potential to be huge in the future, like self driving cars, 3 d printing, quantum computing, and augmented reality.
And these technologies are great, but they haven't reached or full potential like the smartphone has, and the big question is will they ever get there?
In my opinion, the adoption of these technologies has been pretty disappointing so far.
If they never fully mature, that could mean a lot of dead programming jobs.
The next trend, which is affecting literally every human being on the planet, is the current economic meltdown.
Economists have no idea how this rampant inflation could have possibly happened.
It definitely has nothing to do with all that money that was printed the last 10 years.
To be fair though, even Nobel Prize winning economists very good at making predictions, like in 1998, when Paul Krugman thought the Internet would have no bigger impact than a fax machine.
Now that out of control inflation is a reality, central banks are raising interest rates, and that's a big problem for programmers.
The vast majority of startups and many publicly traded companies don't make any money.
They operate in the red and rely on investors to bankroll their losses until they become profitable or get acquired or go out of business.
Higher interest rates make it much harder for venture capitalists to provide easy money for these startups, and that means startups that do raise money have to be far more careful about how they spend it.
And one of the biggest expenses for a startup is hiring programmers.
As of today, the job market still appears to be very strong on a macro level.
However, just last week, there were layoffs at Microsoft.
The stock price of Snap collapsed, which means they'll probably have more layoffs.
Then you've got Elon talking about firing 75% of Twitter staff, and essentially all of the big tech corporations have started to slow hiring.
And that's unlikely to change while their stock prices tank as well.
And even the Fed said that unemployment needs to go higher, and you should never fight the Fed.
They're the house that controls our casino economy.
And And speaking of casinos, another problematic trend is the crypto winter.
Bitcoin is down 70% from its high of last year.
That's not a great look for an inflation hedge, and there's been a variety of interest that nobody could have ever possibly seen coming in a 1000000 years, like the collapse of Luna, Celsius, and Voyager.
About a year ago, Web 3 or where the decentralized web was trending into the stratosphere.
Teenagers were making 1,000,000 of dollars trading pictures of monkeys, and it looked like web 3 was going to make everything else obsolete by this time this year, but unfortunately, that didn't happen.
And now you don't really hear about Web 3 anymore.
Whether you like crypto or not, its decline in popularity for the time being is not a great sign for programming in general.
These smart contracts require smart programmers, but if smart people aren't using them, then we've got problem here.
In my opinion, I think web 3 is in the trough of disillusionment, but will continue to improve and grow in the future.
An even bigger threat to the lives of programmers is mocode, no code, and low code.
So, mow, low.
And we're molo so.
We're low moso bro.
Programming has kind of evolved into a blue collar profession.
It's like being a janitor, but with less exercise.
Luckily, as of today, it still pays extremely well.
That's why boot camps like Blum Institute of Technology, formerly Lambda School, can offer a job guarantee of $50,000 a year.
That's nearly $5,000 more than you would make at McDonald's working for $22 an hour, although they also offer a free Mcbus Pass.
The reality though is that technology is now facing many of the lines of code that used to be produced by humans typing into a keyboard.
There are tons and tons of tools now that make it possible for non engineers to create basic applications, websites, and even back end utilities and databases.
On top of that, engineers are now writing code with tools like GitHub Copilot, which move us closer and closer to obsolescence.
There are no doubt ambitious people out there foaming at the mouth with the idea of entirely automating your job with AI.
High.
The technology is not there yet, but just look at how far it's come in the last year.
We now have things like stable diffusion and DALL E, and voice cloning that's indistinguishable from the real thing.
It's only a matter of time, and when that day comes It's over.
We are screwed.
Next up, we need to talk about social media consolidation, a trend that's been going on for many years now.
Tech Lead made a video about this last week, and you can always trust him to tell you the things that you don't wanna hear.
And that you think the ability to code is like magic.
It's not.
We're not wizards.
Nowadays, the vast majority of content creation has been absorbed by platforms like TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube that use the follower model for social media.
Why is that?
Well, it incentivizes creators with money and Internet fame at a time when the common person's attention span is lower than ever, like more than 50% of Americans have not read a book in the last year.
This is a problem for developers because people are no longer downloading apps from the App Store every day, we're randomly surfing the Internet to find new content.
This makes it extremely difficult to build a new web or mobile app and make a ton of money with it unless you have a of marketing budget behind it.
Like when oil first became a thing, there were all kinds of prospectors becoming overnight millionaires, but nowadays, you have a small handful of companies that control the entire world.
It's a bad trend for independent developers because it's much harder to take your side hustle to the moon.
Now the final trend, which has also been going on for years, is the cloud.
You have big cloud platforms like AWS that have been aggressively simplifying basically all areas of development, and until recently, that's mainly meant fewer jobs for in administrators and IT guys.
But now there are many tools coming out that eliminate both front end and back end jobs, like Honeycode, which is a no code tool for building web and mobile apps or amplify an entire back end as a service.
In addition, you've got a bunch of new startups coming out with next gen serverless databases that further simplify the role of a back end developer.
In other words, as new cloud based tools make development easier, there's just less code to write.
Now, this Video may sound very pessimistic, but I think there is hope.
You could always get into farming.
That's what Bill Gates did after he got sick of coding in c sharp, and now he's the biggest farmland owner in the United States.
Another ray of hope for millennials is that Gen z seems to be pretty tech illiterate, primarily because that generation is growing up at a time when social media and technology is already very consolidated.
Like, I bet many kids these days don't even know how URLs work or that you can even edit them in the browser.
And that's good news for old millennial developers who understand these esoteric technologies.
Another piece of good news is that it looks like World War 3 could start any day now.
Instead of being drafted to the lines, a good programmer will likely be assigned to updating software on drones and missiles, while a good web developer can update CSS on propaganda websites.
Now, if that doesn't pan out, I have a lot of faith in the JavaScript ecosystem to create an endless supply of jobs by creating an endless supply of new game changing frameworks.
If the new frameworks can always stay one step ahead of the no code tools in the AI, then I think our jobs will be safe.
Another point when it comes to no code and low code is that this stuff has been around forever, like Microsoft Excel is a low code tool.
In my experience, it's always been a dead end hype train.
Even if no code did hypothetically make all engineers obsolete, you would still need someone to code and maintain all those no code tools.
Ultimately, when I take a step back and look at the big picture, I see this massively complex ecosystem of code and technology that'll be impossible to maintain and push forward without a massive army of skilled programmers.
Coding will never be an easy skill and many real world systems are so over engineered that they'll always need highly specialized and highly paid engineers to work on that, and just like our banking system still needs COBOL developers.
The reality is that code is just the most efficient way for humans to develop software.
There will always be ups and downs in terms of opportunity for coders because of the on me and whatnot.
However, it seems highly unlikely that the underlying skill set of writing code can actually be replaced by anything in the near future.
Alright.
That's That's enough talking.
I need to get back to writing some code with GitHub Copilot.
Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.

Speaker 0: Coding is dead. I've seen this prediction thrown around more and more lately, but will programmers really go extinct anytime soon? It's in my best interest to shill for the learn to code industry on this channel. However, looking into 2023, there are some really bad looking storm clouds on the horizon. In today's video, we'll look at 6 messed up trends that might kill programming once and for all, along with a few shreds of hope at the end.

Before we get into it, I'd recommend you sign up for FireShip Pro to learn how to code with a brand new platform I built from scratch that provides an addictive meme driven experience, and this might be your last chance to support the channel before coding dies forever. The first trend I wanna talk about is stalled technology. Now normally, I love making fun of Facebook on this channel, but things have gotten so bad with the metaverse that I honestly just feel sad at this point. Like, the entire metaverse likely has fewer daily active users than that shitty side project that you totally forgot about. Like, they just keep pouring money into this thing, and so far it's been nothing but an embarrassing flop.

I highly recommend watching this video from Mental Outlaw to learn more about why it sucks so bad. Now even though the metaverse sucks right now, that doesn't mean it's not going to be a big thing in the future. There are quite a few technologies out there that haven't fully matured to the point where there's a massive demand for new programmers in the field, but have the potential to be huge in the future, like self driving cars, 3 d printing, quantum computing, and augmented reality. And these technologies are great, but they haven't reached or full potential like the smartphone has, and the big question is will they ever get there? In my opinion, the adoption of these technologies has been pretty disappointing so far.

If they never fully mature, that could mean a lot of dead programming jobs. The next trend, which is affecting literally every human being on the planet, is the current economic meltdown. Economists have no idea how this rampant inflation could have possibly happened. It definitely has nothing to do with all that money that was printed the last 10 years. To be fair though, even Nobel Prize winning economists very good at making predictions, like in 1998, when Paul Krugman thought the Internet would have no bigger impact than a fax machine.

Now that out of control inflation is a reality, central banks are raising interest rates, and that's a big problem for programmers. The vast majority of startups and many publicly traded companies don't make any money. They operate in the red and rely on investors to bankroll their losses until they become profitable or get acquired or go out of business. Higher interest rates make it much harder for venture capitalists to provide easy money for these startups, and that means startups that do raise money have to be far more careful about how they spend it. And one of the biggest expenses for a startup is hiring programmers.

As of today, the job market still appears to be very strong on a macro level. However, just last week, there were layoffs at Microsoft. The stock price of Snap collapsed, which means they'll probably have more layoffs. Then you've got Elon talking about firing 75% of Twitter staff, and essentially all of the big tech corporations have started to slow hiring. And that's unlikely to change while their stock prices tank as well.

And even the Fed said that unemployment needs to go higher, and you should never fight the Fed. They're the house that controls our casino economy. And And speaking of casinos, another problematic trend is the crypto winter. Bitcoin is down 70% from its high of last year. That's not a great look for an inflation hedge, and there's been a variety of interest that nobody could have ever possibly seen coming in a 1000000 years, like the collapse of Luna, Celsius, and Voyager.

About a year ago, Web 3 or where the decentralized web was trending into the stratosphere. Teenagers were making 1,000,000 of dollars trading pictures of monkeys, and it looked like web 3 was going to make everything else obsolete by this time this year, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. And now you don't really hear about Web 3 anymore. Whether you like crypto or not, its decline in popularity for the time being is not a great sign for programming in general. These smart contracts require smart programmers, but if smart people aren't using them, then we've got problem here.

In my opinion, I think web 3 is in the trough of disillusionment, but will continue to improve and grow in the future. An even bigger threat to the lives of programmers is mocode, no code, and low code. So, mow, low. And we're molo so. We're low moso bro.

Programming has kind of evolved into a blue collar profession. It's like being a janitor, but with less exercise. Luckily, as of today, it still pays extremely well. That's why boot camps like Blum Institute of Technology, formerly Lambda School, can offer a job guarantee of $50,000 a year. That's nearly $5,000 more than you would make at McDonald's working for $22 an hour, although they also offer a free Mcbus Pass.

The reality though is that technology is now facing many of the lines of code that used to be produced by humans typing into a keyboard. There are tons and tons of tools now that make it possible for non engineers to create basic applications, websites, and even back end utilities and databases. On top of that, engineers are now writing code with tools like GitHub Copilot, which move us closer and closer to obsolescence. There are no doubt ambitious people out there foaming at the mouth with the idea of entirely automating your job with AI. High.

The technology is not there yet, but just look at how far it's come in the last year. We now have things like stable diffusion and DALL E, and voice cloning that's indistinguishable from the real thing. It's only a matter of time, and when that day comes It's over. We are screwed. Next up, we need to talk about social media consolidation, a trend that's been going on for many years now.

Tech Lead made a video about this last week, and you can always trust him to tell you the things that you don't wanna hear. And that you think the ability to code is like magic. It's not. We're not wizards. Nowadays, the vast majority of content creation has been absorbed by platforms like TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube that use the follower model for social media.

Why is that? Well, it incentivizes creators with money and Internet fame at a time when the common person's attention span is lower than ever, like more than 50% of Americans have not read a book in the last year. This is a problem for developers because people are no longer downloading apps from the App Store every day, we're randomly surfing the Internet to find new content. This makes it extremely difficult to build a new web or mobile app and make a ton of money with it unless you have a of marketing budget behind it. Like when oil first became a thing, there were all kinds of prospectors becoming overnight millionaires, but nowadays, you have a small handful of companies that control the entire world.

It's a bad trend for independent developers because it's much harder to take your side hustle to the moon. Now the final trend, which has also been going on for years, is the cloud. You have big cloud platforms like AWS that have been aggressively simplifying basically all areas of development, and until recently, that's mainly meant fewer jobs for in administrators and IT guys. But now there are many tools coming out that eliminate both front end and back end jobs, like Honeycode, which is a no code tool for building web and mobile apps or amplify an entire back end as a service. In addition, you've got a bunch of new startups coming out with next gen serverless databases that further simplify the role of a back end developer.

In other words, as new cloud based tools make development easier, there's just less code to write. Now, this Video may sound very pessimistic, but I think there is hope. You could always get into farming. That's what Bill Gates did after he got sick of coding in c sharp, and now he's the biggest farmland owner in the United States. Another ray of hope for millennials is that Gen z seems to be pretty tech illiterate, primarily because that generation is growing up at a time when social media and technology is already very consolidated.

Like, I bet many kids these days don't even know how URLs work or that you can even edit them in the browser. And that's good news for old millennial developers who understand these esoteric technologies. Another piece of good news is that it looks like World War 3 could start any day now. Instead of being drafted to the lines, a good programmer will likely be assigned to updating software on drones and missiles, while a good web developer can update CSS on propaganda websites. Now, if that doesn't pan out, I have a lot of faith in the JavaScript ecosystem to create an endless supply of jobs by creating an endless supply of new game changing frameworks.

If the new frameworks can always stay one step ahead of the no code tools in the AI, then I think our jobs will be safe. Another point when it comes to no code and low code is that this stuff has been around forever, like Microsoft Excel is a low code tool. In my experience, it's always been a dead end hype train. Even if no code did hypothetically make all engineers obsolete, you would still need someone to code and maintain all those no code tools. Ultimately, when I take a step back and look at the big picture, I see this massively complex ecosystem of code and technology that'll be impossible to maintain and push forward without a massive army of skilled programmers.

Coding will never be an easy skill and many real world systems are so over engineered that they'll always need highly specialized and highly paid engineers to work on that, and just like our banking system still needs COBOL developers. The reality is that code is just the most efficient way for humans to develop software. There will always be ups and downs in terms of opportunity for coders because of the on me and whatnot. However, it seems highly unlikely that the underlying skill set of writing code can actually be replaced by anything in the near future. Alright.

That's That's enough talking. I need to get back to writing some code with GitHub Copilot. Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
Coding is dead. I've seen this prediction thrown around more and more lately, but will programmers really go extinct anytime soon? It's in my best interest to shill for the learn to code industry on this channel. However, looking into 2023, there are some really bad looking storm clouds on the horizon. In today's video, we'll look at 6 messed up trends that might kill programming once and for all, along with a few shreds of hope at the end. Before we get into it, I'd recommend you sign up for FireShip Pro to learn how to code with a brand new platform I built from scratch that provides an addictive meme driven experience, and this might be your last chance to support the channel before coding dies forever. The first trend I wanna talk about is stalled technology. Now normally, I love making fun of Facebook on this channel, but things have gotten so bad with the metaverse that I honestly just feel sad at this point. Like, the entire metaverse likely has fewer daily active users than that shitty side project that you totally forgot about. Like, they just keep pouring money into this thing, and so far it's been nothing but an embarrassing flop.
I highly recommend watching this video from Mental Outlaw to learn more about why it sucks so bad. Now even though the metaverse sucks right now, that doesn't mean it's not going to be a big thing in the future. There are quite a few technologies out there that haven't fully matured to the point where there's a massive demand for new programmers in the field, but have the potential to be huge in the future, like self driving cars, 3 d printing, quantum computing, and augmented reality. And these technologies are great, but they haven't reached or full potential like the smartphone has, and the big question is will they ever get there? In my opinion, the adoption of these technologies has been pretty disappointing so far. If they never fully mature, that could mean a lot of dead programming jobs. The next trend, which is affecting literally every human being on the planet, is the current economic meltdown. Economists have no idea how this rampant inflation could have possibly happened. It definitely has nothing to do with all that money that was printed the last 10 years. To be fair though, even Nobel Prize winning economists very good at making predictions, like in 1998, when Paul Krugman thought the Internet would have no bigger impact than a fax machine. Now that out of control inflation is a reality, central banks are raising interest rates, and that's a big problem for programmers. The vast majority of startups and many publicly traded companies don't make any money. They operate in the red and rely on investors to bankroll their losses until they become profitable or get acquired or go out of business. Higher interest rates make it much harder for venture capitalists to provide easy money for these startups, and that means startups that do raise money have to be far more careful about how they spend it.
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And one of the biggest expenses for a startup is hiring programmers. As of today, the job market still appears to be very strong on a macro level. However, just last week, there were layoffs at Microsoft. The stock price of Snap collapsed, which means they'll probably have more layoffs.
earnings
Then you've got Elon talking about firing 75% of Twitter staff, and essentially all of the big tech corporations have started to slow hiring. And that's unlikely to change while their stock prices tank as well. And even the Fed said that unemployment needs to go higher, and you should never fight the Fed.
They're the house that controls our casino economy. And And speaking of casinos, another problematic trend is the crypto winter. Bitcoin is down 70% from its high of last year. That's not a great look for an inflation hedge, and there's been a variety of interest that nobody could have ever possibly seen coming in a 1000000 years, like the collapse of Luna, Celsius, and Voyager.
cryptocurrency
gambling
About a year ago, Web 3 or where the decentralized web was trending into the stratosphere. Teenagers were making 1,000,000 of dollars trading pictures of monkeys, and it looked like web 3 was going to make everything else obsolete by this time this year, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. And now you don't really hear about Web 3 anymore. Whether you like crypto or not, its decline in popularity for the time being is not a great sign for programming in general. These smart contracts require smart programmers, but if smart people aren't using them, then we've got problem here.
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In my opinion, I think web 3 is in the trough of disillusionment, but will continue to improve and grow in the future. An even bigger threat to the lives of programmers is mocode, no code, and low code. So, mow, low. And we're molo so. We're low moso bro. Programming has kind of evolved into a blue collar profession. It's like being a janitor, but with less exercise. Luckily, as of today, it still pays extremely well. That's why boot camps like Blum Institute of Technology, formerly Lambda School, can offer a job guarantee of $50,000 a year. That's nearly $5,000 more than you would make at McDonald's working for $22 an hour, although they also offer a free Mcbus Pass.
The reality though is that technology is now facing many of the lines of code that used to be produced by humans typing into a keyboard. There are tons and tons of tools now that make it possible for non engineers to create basic applications, websites, and even back end utilities and databases. On top of that, engineers are now writing code with tools like GitHub Copilot, which move us closer and closer to obsolescence. There are no doubt ambitious people out there foaming at the mouth with the idea of entirely automating your job with AI. High. The technology is not there yet, but just look at how far it's come in the last year. We now have things like stable diffusion and DALL E, and voice cloning that's indistinguishable from the real thing. It's only a matter of time, and when that day comes It's over. We are screwed. Next up, we need to talk about social media consolidation, a trend that's been going on for many years now. Tech Lead made a video about this last week, and you can always trust him to tell you the things that you don't wanna hear. And that you think the ability to code is like magic. It's not. We're not wizards. Nowadays, the vast majority of content creation has been absorbed by platforms like TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube that use the follower model for social media. Why is that? Well, it incentivizes creators with money and Internet fame at a time when the common person's attention span is lower than ever, like more than 50% of Americans have not read a book in the last year. This is a problem for developers because people are no longer downloading apps from the App Store every day, we're randomly surfing the Internet to find new content. This makes it extremely difficult to build a new web or mobile app and make a ton of money with it unless you have a of marketing budget behind it. Like when oil first became a thing, there were all kinds of prospectors becoming overnight millionaires, but nowadays, you have a small handful of companies that control the entire world.
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It's a bad trend for independent developers because it's much harder to take your side hustle to the moon. Now the final trend, which has also been going on for years, is the cloud.
You have big cloud platforms like AWS that have been aggressively simplifying basically all areas of development, and until recently, that's mainly meant fewer jobs for in administrators and IT guys. But now there are many tools coming out that eliminate both front end and back end jobs, like Honeycode, which is a no code tool for building web and mobile apps or amplify an entire back end as a service.
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In addition, you've got a bunch of new startups coming out with next gen serverless databases that further simplify the role of a back end developer. In other words, as new cloud based tools make development easier, there's just less code to write. Now, this Video may sound very pessimistic, but I think there is hope. You could always get into farming. That's what Bill Gates did after he got sick of coding in c sharp, and now he's the biggest farmland owner in the United States.
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Another ray of hope for millennials is that Gen z seems to be pretty tech illiterate, primarily because that generation is growing up at a time when social media and technology is already very consolidated. Like, I bet many kids these days don't even know how URLs work or that you can even edit them in the browser. And that's good news for old millennial developers who understand these esoteric technologies. Another piece of good news is that it looks like World War 3 could start any day now. Instead of being drafted to the lines, a good programmer will likely be assigned to updating software on drones and missiles, while a good web developer can update CSS on propaganda websites.
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Now, if that doesn't pan out, I have a lot of faith in the JavaScript ecosystem to create an endless supply of jobs by creating an endless supply of new game changing frameworks.
If the new frameworks can always stay one step ahead of the no code tools in the AI, then I think our jobs will be safe. Another point when it comes to no code and low code is that this stuff has been around forever, like Microsoft Excel is a low code tool.
software
In my experience, it's always been a dead end hype train. Even if no code did hypothetically make all engineers obsolete, you would still need someone to code and maintain all those no code tools. Ultimately, when I take a step back and look at the big picture, I see this massively complex ecosystem of code and technology that'll be impossible to maintain and push forward without a massive army of skilled programmers. Coding will never be an easy skill and many real world systems are so over engineered that they'll always need highly specialized and highly paid engineers to work on that, and just like our banking system still needs COBOL developers. The reality is that code is just the most efficient way for humans to develop software. There will always be ups and downs in terms of opportunity for coders because of the on me and whatnot. However, it seems highly unlikely that the underlying skill set of writing code can actually be replaced by anything in the near future. Alright. That's That's enough talking. I need to get back to writing some code with GitHub Copilot. Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
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Coding is dead. I've seen this prediction thrown around more and more lately, but will programmers really go extinct anytime soon? It's in my best interest to shill for the learn to code industry on this channel. However, looking into 2023, there are some really bad looking storm clouds on the horizon. In today's video, we'll look at 6 messed up trends that might kill programming once and for all, along with a few shreds of hope at the end. Before we get into it, I'd recommend you sign up for FireShip Pro to learn how to code with a brand new platform I built from scratch that provides an addictive meme driven experience, and this might be your last chance to support the channel before coding dies forever. The first trend I wanna talk about is stalled technology. Now normally, I love making fun of Facebook on this channel, but things have gotten so bad with the metaverse that I honestly just feel sad at this point. Like, the entire metaverse likely has fewer daily active users than that shitty side project that you totally forgot about. Like, they just keep pouring money into this thing, and so far it's been nothing but an embarrassing flop. I highly recommend watching this video from Mental Outlaw to learn more about why it sucks so bad. Now even though the metaverse sucks right now, that doesn't mean it's not going to be a big thing in the future. There are quite a few technologies out there that haven't fully matured to the point where there's a massive demand for new programmers in the field, but have the potential to be huge in the future, like self driving cars, 3 d printing, quantum computing, and augmented reality. And these technologies are great, but they haven't reached or full potential like the smartphone has, and the big question is will they ever get there? In my opinion, the adoption of these technologies has been pretty disappointing so far. If they never fully mature, that could mean a lot of dead programming jobs. The next trend, which is affecting literally every human being on the planet, is the current economic meltdown. Economists have no idea how this rampant inflation could have possibly happened. It definitely has nothing to do with all that money that was printed the last 10 years. To be fair though, even Nobel Prize winning economists very good at making predictions, like in 1998, when Paul Krugman thought the Internet would have no bigger impact than a fax machine. Now that out of control inflation is a reality, central banks are raising interest rates, and that's a big problem for programmers. The vast majority of startups and many publicly traded companies don't make any money. They operate in the red and rely on investors to bankroll their losses until they become profitable or get acquired or go out of business. Higher interest rates make it much harder for venture capitalists to provide easy money for these startups, and that means startups that do raise money have to be far more careful about how they spend it. And one of the biggest expenses for a startup is hiring programmers. As of today, the job market still appears to be very strong on a macro level. However, just last week, there were layoffs at Microsoft. The stock price of Snap collapsed, which means they'll probably have more layoffs. Then you've got Elon talking about firing 75% of Twitter staff, and essentially all of the big tech corporations have started to slow hiring. And that's unlikely to change while their stock prices tank as well. And even the Fed said that unemployment needs to go higher, and you should never fight the Fed. They're the house that controls our casino economy. And And speaking of casinos, another problematic trend is the crypto winter. Bitcoin is down 70% from its high of last year. That's not a great look for an inflation hedge, and there's been a variety of interest that nobody could have ever possibly seen coming in a 1000000 years, like the collapse of Luna, Celsius, and Voyager. About a year ago, Web 3 or where the decentralized web was trending into the stratosphere. Teenagers were making 1,000,000 of dollars trading pictures of monkeys, and it looked like web 3 was going to make everything else obsolete by this time this year, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. And now you don't really hear about Web 3 anymore. Whether you like crypto or not, its decline in popularity for the time being is not a great sign for programming in general. These smart contracts require smart programmers, but if smart people aren't using them, then we've got problem here. In my opinion, I think web 3 is in the trough of disillusionment, but will continue to improve and grow in the future. An even bigger threat to the lives of programmers is mocode, no code, and low code. So, mow, low. And we're molo so. We're low moso bro. Programming has kind of evolved into a blue collar profession. It's like being a janitor, but with less exercise. Luckily, as of today, it still pays extremely well. That's why boot camps like Blum Institute of Technology, formerly Lambda School, can offer a job guarantee of $50,000 a year. That's nearly $5,000 more than you would make at McDonald's working for $22 an hour, although they also offer a free Mcbus Pass. The reality though is that technology is now facing many of the lines of code that used to be produced by humans typing into a keyboard. There are tons and tons of tools now that make it possible for non engineers to create basic applications, websites, and even back end utilities and databases. On top of that, engineers are now writing code with tools like GitHub Copilot, which move us closer and closer to obsolescence. There are no doubt ambitious people out there foaming at the mouth with the idea of entirely automating your job with AI. High. The technology is not there yet, but just look at how far it's come in the last year. We now have things like stable diffusion and DALL E, and voice cloning that's indistinguishable from the real thing. It's only a matter of time, and when that day comes It's over. We are screwed. Next up, we need to talk about social media consolidation, a trend that's been going on for many years now. Tech Lead made a video about this last week, and you can always trust him to tell you the things that you don't wanna hear. And that you think the ability to code is like magic. It's not. We're not wizards. Nowadays, the vast majority of content creation has been absorbed by platforms like TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube that use the follower model for social media. Why is that? Well, it incentivizes creators with money and Internet fame at a time when the common person's attention span is lower than ever, like more than 50% of Americans have not read a book in the last year. This is a problem for developers because people are no longer downloading apps from the App Store every day, we're randomly surfing the Internet to find new content. This makes it extremely difficult to build a new web or mobile app and make a ton of money with it unless you have a of marketing budget behind it. Like when oil first became a thing, there were all kinds of prospectors becoming overnight millionaires, but nowadays, you have a small handful of companies that control the entire world. It's a bad trend for independent developers because it's much harder to take your side hustle to the moon. Now the final trend, which has also been going on for years, is the cloud. You have big cloud platforms like AWS that have been aggressively simplifying basically all areas of development, and until recently, that's mainly meant fewer jobs for in administrators and IT guys. But now there are many tools coming out that eliminate both front end and back end jobs, like Honeycode, which is a no code tool for building web and mobile apps or amplify an entire back end as a service. In addition, you've got a bunch of new startups coming out with next gen serverless databases that further simplify the role of a back end developer. In other words, as new cloud based tools make development easier, there's just less code to write. Now, this Video may sound very pessimistic, but I think there is hope. You could always get into farming. That's what Bill Gates did after he got sick of coding in c sharp, and now he's the biggest farmland owner in the United States. Another ray of hope for millennials is that Gen z seems to be pretty tech illiterate, primarily because that generation is growing up at a time when social media and technology is already very consolidated. Like, I bet many kids these days don't even know how URLs work or that you can even edit them in the browser. And that's good news for old millennial developers who understand these esoteric technologies. Another piece of good news is that it looks like World War 3 could start any day now. Instead of being drafted to the lines, a good programmer will likely be assigned to updating software on drones and missiles, while a good web developer can update CSS on propaganda websites. Now, if that doesn't pan out, I have a lot of faith in the JavaScript ecosystem to create an endless supply of jobs by creating an endless supply of new game changing frameworks. If the new frameworks can always stay one step ahead of the no code tools in the AI, then I think our jobs will be safe. Another point when it comes to no code and low code is that this stuff has been around forever, like Microsoft Excel is a low code tool. In my experience, it's always been a dead end hype train. Even if no code did hypothetically make all engineers obsolete, you would still need someone to code and maintain all those no code tools. Ultimately, when I take a step back and look at the big picture, I see this massively complex ecosystem of code and technology that'll be impossible to maintain and push forward without a massive army of skilled programmers. Coding will never be an easy skill and many real world systems are so over engineered that they'll always need highly specialized and highly paid engineers to work on that, and just like our banking system still needs COBOL developers. The reality is that code is just the most efficient way for humans to develop software. There will always be ups and downs in terms of opportunity for coders because of the on me and whatnot. However, it seems highly unlikely that the underlying skill set of writing code can actually be replaced by anything in the near future. Alright. That's That's enough talking. I need to get back to writing some code with GitHub Copilot. Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
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coding
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seen
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this
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prediction
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around
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and
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today's
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look
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at
6
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messed
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up
up
trends
trends
that
that
might
might
kill
kill
programming
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once
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and
and
for
for
all,
all
along
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with
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a
a
few
few
shreds
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hope
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the
the
end.
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we
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get
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you
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before
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the
first
first
trend
trend
I
i
wanna
wanna
talk
talk
about
about
is
is
stalled
stalled
technology.
technology
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now
normally,
normally
I
i
love
love
making
making
fun
fun
of
of
Facebook
facebook
on
on
this
this
channel,
channel
but
but
things
things
have
have
gotten
gotten
so
so
bad
bad
with
with
the
the
metaverse
metaverse
that
that
I
i
honestly
honestly
just
just
feel
feel
sad
sad
at
at
this
this
point.
point
Like,
like
the
the
entire
entire
metaverse
metaverse
likely
likely
has
has
fewer
fewer
daily
daily
active
active
users
users
than
than
that
that
shitty
shitty
side
side
project
project
that
that
you
you
totally
totally
forgot
forgot
about.
about
Like,
like
they
they
just
just
keep
keep
pouring
pouring
money
money
into
into
this
this
thing,
thing
and
and
so
so
far
far
it's
it's
been
been
nothing
nothing
but
but
an
an
embarrassing
embarrassing
flop.
flop
I
i
highly
highly
recommend
recommend
watching
watching
this
this
video
video
from
from
Mental
mental
Outlaw
outlaw
to
to
learn
learn
more
more
about
about
why
why
it
it
sucks
sucks
so
so
bad.
bad
Now
now
even
even
though
though
the
the
metaverse
metaverse
sucks
sucks
right
right
now,
now
that
that
doesn't
doesn't
mean
mean
it's
it's
not
not
going
going
to
to
be
be
a
a
big
big
thing
thing
in
in
the
the
future.
future
There
there
are
are
quite
quite
a
a
few
few
technologies
technologies
out
out
there
there
that
that
haven't
haven't
fully
fully
matured
matured
to
to
the
the
point
point
where
where
there's
there's
a
a
massive
massive
demand
demand
for
for
new
new
programmers
programmers
in
in
the
the
field,
field
but
but
have
have
the
the
potential
potential
to
to
be
be
huge
huge
in
in
the
the
future,
future
like
like
self
self
driving
driving
cars,
cars
3
3
d
d
printing,
printing
quantum
quantum
computing,
computing
and
and
augmented
augmented
reality.
reality
And
and
these
these
technologies
technologies
are
are
great,
great
but
but
they
they
haven't
haven't
reached
reached
or
or
full
full
potential
potential
like
like
the
the
smartphone
smartphone
has,
has
and
and
the
the
big
big
question
question
is
is
will
will
they
they
ever
ever
get
get
there?
there
In
in
my
my
opinion,
opinion
the
the
adoption
adoption
of
of
these
these
technologies
technologies
has
has
been
been
pretty
pretty
disappointing
disappointing
so
so
far.
far
If
if
they
they
never
never
fully
fully
mature,
mature
that
that
could
could
mean
mean
a
a
lot
lot
of
of
dead
dead
programming
programming
jobs.
jobs
The
the
next
next
trend,
trend
which
which
is
is
affecting
affecting
literally
literally
every
every
human
human
being
being
on
on
the
the
planet,
planet
is
is
the
the
current
current
economic
economic
meltdown.
meltdown
Economists
economists
have
have
no
no
idea
idea
how
how
this
this
rampant
rampant
inflation
inflation
could
could
have
have
possibly
possibly
happened.
happened
It
it
definitely
definitely
has
has
nothing
nothing
to
to
do
do
with
with
all
all
that
that
money
money
that
that
was
was
printed
printed
the
the
last
last
10
10
years.
years
To
to
be
be
fair
fair
though,
though
even
even
Nobel
nobel
Prize
prize
winning
winning
economists
economists
very
very
good
good
at
at
making
making
predictions,
predictions
like
like
in
in
1998,
1998
when
when
Paul
paul
Krugman
krugman
thought
thought
the
the
Internet
internet
would
would
have
have
no
no
bigger
bigger
impact
impact
than
than
a
a
fax
fax
machine.
machine
Now
now
that
that
out
out
of
of
control
control
inflation
inflation
is
is
a
a
reality,
reality
central
central
banks
banks
are
are
raising
raising
interest
interest
rates,
rates
and
and
that's
that's
a
a
big
big
problem
problem
for
for
programmers.
programmers
The
the
vast
vast
majority
majority
of
of
startups
startups
and
and
many
many
publicly
publicly
traded
traded
companies
companies
don't
don't
make
make
any
any
money.
money
They
they
operate
operate
in
in
the
the
red
red
and
and
rely
rely
on
on
investors
investors
to
to
bankroll
bankroll
their
their
losses
losses
until
until
they
they
become
become
profitable
profitable
or
or
get
get
acquired
acquired
or
or
go
go
out
out
of
of
business.
business
Higher
higher
interest
interest
rates
rates
make
make
it
it
much
much
harder
harder
for
for
venture
venture
capitalists
capitalists
to
to
provide
provide
easy
easy
money
money
for
for
these
these
startups,
startups
and
and
that
that
means
means
startups
startups
that
that
do
do
raise
raise
money
money
have
have
to
to
be
be
far
far
more
more
careful
careful
about
about
how
how
they
they
spend
spend
it.
it
And
and
one
one
of
of
the
the
biggest
biggest
expenses
expenses
for
for
a
a
startup
startup
is
is
hiring
hiring
programmers.
programmers
As
as
of
of
today,
today
the
the
job
job
market
market
still
still
appears
appears
to
to
be
be
very
very
strong
strong
on
on
a
a
macro
macro
level.
level
However,
however
just
just
last
last
week,
week
there
there
were
were
layoffs
layoffs
at
at
Microsoft.
microsoft
The
the
stock
stock
price
price
of
of
Snap
snap
collapsed,
collapsed
which
which
means
means
they'll
they'll
probably
probably
have
have
more
more
layoffs.
layoffs
Then
then
you've
you've
got
got
Elon
elon
talking
talking
about
about
firing
firing
75%
75%
of
of
Twitter
twitter
staff,
staff
and
and
essentially
essentially
all
all
of
of
the
the
big
big
tech
tech
corporations
corporations
have
have
started
started
to
to
slow
slow
hiring.
hiring
And
and
that's
that's
unlikely
unlikely
to
to
change
change
while
while
their
their
stock
stock
prices
prices
tank
tank
as
as
well.
well
And
and
even
even
the
the
Fed
fed
said
said
that
that
unemployment
unemployment
needs
needs
to
to
go
go
higher,
higher
and
and
you
you
should
should
never
never
fight
fight
the
the
Fed.
fed
They're
they're
the
the
house
house
that
that
controls
controls
our
our
casino
casino
economy.
economy
And
and
And
and
speaking
speaking
of
of
casinos,
casinos
another
another
problematic
problematic
trend
trend
is
is
the
the
crypto
crypto
winter.
winter
Bitcoin
bitcoin
is
is
down
down
70%
70%
from
from
its
its
high
high
of
of
last
last
year.
year
That's
that's
not
not
a
a
great
great
look
look
for
for
an
an
inflation
inflation
hedge,
hedge
and
and
there's
there's
been
been
a
a
variety
variety
of
of
interest
interest
that
that
nobody
nobody
could
could
have
have
ever
ever
possibly
possibly
seen
seen
coming
coming
in
in
a
a
1000000
1000000
years,
years
like
like
the
the
collapse
collapse
of
of
Luna,
luna
Celsius,
celsius
and
and
Voyager.
voyager
About
about
a
a
year
year
ago,
ago
Web
web
3
3
or
or
where
where
the
the
decentralized
decentralized
web
web
was
was
trending
trending
into
into
the
the
stratosphere.
stratosphere
Teenagers
teenagers
were
were
making
making
1,000,000
1,000,000
of
of
dollars
dollars
trading
trading
pictures
pictures
of
of
monkeys,
monkeys
and
and
it
it
looked
looked
like
like
web
web
3
3
was
was
going
going
to
to
make
make
everything
everything
else
else
obsolete
obsolete
by
by
this
this
time
time
this
this
year,
year
but
but
unfortunately,
unfortunately
that
that
didn't
didn't
happen.
happen
And
and
now
now
you
you
don't
don't
really
really
hear
hear
about
about
Web
web
3
3
anymore.
anymore
Whether
whether
you
you
like
like
crypto
crypto
or
or
not,
not
its
its
decline
decline
in
in
popularity
popularity
for
for
the
the
time
time
being
being
is
is
not
not
a
a
great
great
sign
sign
for
for
programming
programming
in
in
general.
general
These
these
smart
smart
contracts
contracts
require
require
smart
smart
programmers,
programmers
but
but
if
if
smart
smart
people
people
aren't
aren't
using
using
them,
them
then
then
we've
we've
got
got
problem
problem
here.
here
In
in
my
my
opinion,
opinion
I
i
think
think
web
web
3
3
is
is
in
in
the
the
trough
trough
of
of
disillusionment,
disillusionment
but
but
will
will
continue
continue
to
to
improve
improve
and
and
grow
grow
in
in
the
the
future.
future
An
an
even
even
bigger
bigger
threat
threat
to
to
the
the
lives
lives
of
of
programmers
programmers
is
is
mocode,
mocode
no
no
code,
code
and
and
low
low
code.
code
So,
so
mow,
mow
low.
low
And
and
we're
we're
molo
molo
so.
so
We're
we're
low
low
moso
moso
bro.
bro
Programming
programming
has
has
kind
kind
of
of
evolved
evolved
into
into
a
a
blue
blue
collar
collar
profession.
profession
It's
it's
like
like
being
being
a
a
janitor,
janitor
but
but
with
with
less
less
exercise.
exercise
Luckily,
luckily
as
as
of
of
today,
today
it
it
still
still
pays
pays
extremely
extremely
well.
well
That's
that's
why
why
boot
boot
camps
camps
like
like
Blum
blum
Institute
institute
of
of
Technology,
technology
formerly
formerly
Lambda
lambda
School,
school
can
can
offer
offer
a
a
job
job
guarantee
guarantee
of
of
$50,000
$50,000
a
a
year.
year
That's
that's
nearly
nearly
$5,000
$5,000
more
more
than
than
you
you
would
would
make
make
at
at
McDonald's
mcdonald's
working
working
for
for
$22
$22
an
an
hour,
hour
although
although
they
they
also
also
offer
offer
a
a
free
free
Mcbus
mcbus
Pass.
pass
The
the
reality
reality
though
though
is
is
that
that
technology
technology
is
is
now
now
facing
facing
many
many
of
of
the
the
lines
lines
of
of
code
code
that
that
used
used
to
to
be
be
produced
produced
by
by
humans
humans
typing
typing
into
into
a
a
keyboard.
keyboard
There
there
are
are
tons
tons
and
and
tons
tons
of
of
tools
tools
now
now
that
that
make
make
it
it
possible
possible
for
for
non
non
engineers
engineers
to
to
create
create
basic
basic
applications,
applications
websites,
websites
and
and
even
even
back
back
end
end
utilities
utilities
and
and
databases.
databases
On
on
top
top
of
of
that,
that
engineers
engineers
are
are
now
now
writing
writing
code
code
with
with
tools
tools
like
like
GitHub
github
Copilot,
copilot
which
which
move
move
us
us
closer
closer
and
and
closer
closer
to
to
obsolescence.
obsolescence
There
there
are
are
no
no
doubt
doubt
ambitious
ambitious
people
people
out
out
there
there
foaming
foaming
at
at
the
the
mouth
mouth
with
with
the
the
idea
idea
of
of
entirely
entirely
automating
automating
your
your
job
job
with
with
AI.
ai
High.
high
The
the
technology
technology
is
is
not
not
there
there
yet,
yet
but
but
just
just
look
look
at
at
how
how
far
far
it's
it's
come
come
in
in
the
the
last
last
year.
year
We
we
now
now
have
have
things
things
like
like
stable
stable
diffusion
diffusion
and
and
DALL
dall
E,
e
and
and
voice
voice
cloning
cloning
that's
that's
indistinguishable
indistinguishable
from
from
the
the
real
real
thing.
thing
It's
it's
only
only
a
a
matter
matter
of
of
time,
time
and
and
when
when
that
that
day
day
comes
comes
It's
it's
over.
over
We
we
are
are
screwed.
screwed
Next
next
up,
up
we
we
need
need
to
to
talk
talk
about
about
social
social
media
media
consolidation,
consolidation
a
a
trend
trend
that's
that's
been
been
going
going
on
on
for
for
many
many
years
years
now.
now
Tech
tech
Lead
lead
made
made
a
a
video
video
about
about
this
this
last
last
week,
week
and
and
you
you
can
can
always
always
trust
trust
him
him
to
to
tell
tell
you
you
the
the
things
things
that
that
you
you
don't
don't
wanna
wanna
hear.
hear
And
and
that
that
you
you
think
think
the
the
ability
ability
to
to
code
code
is
is
like
like
magic.
magic
It's
it's
not.
not
We're
we're
not
not
wizards.
wizards
Nowadays,
nowadays
the
the
vast
vast
majority
majority
of
of
content
content
creation
creation
has
has
been
been
absorbed
absorbed
by
by
platforms
platforms
like
like
TikTok,
tiktok
Twitter,
twitter
and
and
YouTube
youtube
that
that
use
use
the
the
follower
follower
model
model
for
for
social
social
media.
media
Why
why
is
is
that?
that
Well,
well
it
it
incentivizes
incentivizes
creators
creators
with
with
money
money
and
and
Internet
internet
fame
fame
at
at
a
a
time
time
when
when
the
the
common
common
person's
person's
attention
attention
span
span
is
is
lower
lower
than
than
ever,
ever
like
like
more
more
than
than
50%
50%
of
of
Americans
americans
have
have
not
not
read
read
a
a
book
book
in
in
the
the
last
last
year.
year
This
this
is
is
a
a
problem
problem
for
for
developers
developers
because
because
people
people
are
are
no
no
longer
longer
downloading
downloading
apps
apps
from
from
the
the
App
app
Store
store
every
every
day,
day
we're
we're
randomly
randomly
surfing
surfing
the
the
Internet
internet
to
to
find
find
new
new
content.
content
This
this
makes
makes
it
it
extremely
extremely
difficult
difficult
to
to
build
build
a
a
new
new
web
web
or
or
mobile
mobile
app
app
and
and
make
make
a
a
ton
ton
of
of
money
money
with
with
it
it
unless
unless
you
you
have
have
a
a
of
of
marketing
marketing
budget
budget
behind
behind
it.
it
Like
like
when
when
oil
oil
first
first
became
became
a
a
thing,
thing
there
there
were
were
all
all
kinds
kinds
of
of
prospectors
prospectors
becoming
becoming
overnight
overnight
millionaires,
millionaires
but
but
nowadays,
nowadays
you
you
have
have
a
a
small
small
handful
handful
of
of
companies
companies
that
that
control
control
the
the
entire
entire
world.
world
It's
it's
a
a
bad
bad
trend
trend
for
for
independent
independent
developers
developers
because
because
it's
it's
much
much
harder
harder
to
to
take
take
your
your
side
side
hustle
hustle
to
to
the
the
moon.
moon
Now
now
the
the
final
final
trend,
trend
which
which
has
has
also
also
been
been
going
going
on
on
for
for
years,
years
is
is
the
the
cloud.
cloud
You
you
have
have
big
big
cloud
cloud
platforms
platforms
like
like
AWS
aws
that
that
have
have
been
been
aggressively
aggressively
simplifying
simplifying
basically
basically
all
all
areas
areas
of
of
development,
development
and
and
until
until
recently,
recently
that's
that's
mainly
mainly
meant
meant
fewer
fewer
jobs
jobs
for
for
in
in
administrators
administrators
and
and
IT
it
guys.
guys
But
but
now
now
there
there
are
are
many
many
tools
tools
coming
coming
out
out
that
that
eliminate
eliminate
both
both
front
front
end
end
and
and
back
back
end
end
jobs,
jobs
like
like
Honeycode,
honeycode
which
which
is
is
a
a
no
no
code
code
tool
tool
for
for
building
building
web
web
and
and
mobile
mobile
apps
apps
or
or
amplify
amplify
an
an
entire
entire
back
back
end
end
as
as
a
a
service.
service
In
in
addition,
addition
you've
you've
got
got
a
a
bunch
bunch
of
of
new
new
startups
startups
coming
coming
out
out
with
with
next
next
gen
gen
serverless
serverless
databases
databases
that
that
further
further
simplify
simplify
the
the
role
role
of
of
a
a
back
back
end
end
developer.
developer
In
in
other
other
words,
words
as
as
new
new
cloud
cloud
based
based
tools
tools
make
make
development
development
easier,
easier
there's
there's
just
just
less
less
code
code
to
to
write.
write
Now,
now
this
this
Video
video
may
may
sound
sound
very
very
pessimistic,
pessimistic
but
but
I
i
think
think
there
there
is
is
hope.
hope
You
you
could
could
always
always
get
get
into
into
farming.
farming
That's
that's
what
what
Bill
bill
Gates
gates
did
did
after
after
he
he
got
got
sick
sick
of
of
coding
coding
in
in
c
c
sharp,
sharp
and
and
now
now
he's
he's
the
the
biggest
biggest
farmland
farmland
owner
owner
in
in
the
the
United
united
States.
states
Another
another
ray
ray
of
of
hope
hope
for
for
millennials
millennials
is
is
that
that
Gen
gen
z
z
seems
seems
to
to
be
be
pretty
pretty
tech
tech
illiterate,
illiterate
primarily
primarily
because
because
that
that
generation
generation
is
is
growing
growing
up
up
at
at
a
a
time
time
when
when
social
social
media
media
and
and
technology
technology
is
is
already
already
very
very
consolidated.
consolidated
Like,
like
I
i
bet
bet
many
many
kids
kids
these
these
days
days
don't
don't
even
even
know
know
how
how
URLs
urls
work
work
or
or
that
that
you
you
can
can
even
even
edit
edit
them
them
in
in
the
the
browser.
browser
And
and
that's
that's
good
good
news
news
for
for
old
old
millennial
millennial
developers
developers
who
who
understand
understand
these
these
esoteric
esoteric
technologies.
technologies
Another
another
piece
piece
of
of
good
good
news
news
is
is
that
that
it
it
looks
looks
like
like
World
world
War
war
3
3
could
could
start
start
any
any
day
day
now.
now
Instead
instead
of
of
being
being
drafted
drafted
to
to
the
the
lines,
lines
a
a
good
good
programmer
programmer
will
will
likely
likely
be
be
assigned
assigned
to
to
updating
updating
software
software
on
on
drones
drones
and
and
missiles,
missiles
while
while
a
a
good
good
web
web
developer
developer
can
can
update
update
CSS
css
on
on
propaganda
propaganda
websites.
websites
Now,
now
if
if
that
that
doesn't
doesn't
pan
pan
out,
out
I
i
have
have
a
a
lot
lot
of
of
faith
faith
in
in
the
the
JavaScript
javascript
ecosystem
ecosystem
to
to
create
create
an
an
endless
endless
supply
supply
of
of
jobs
jobs
by
by
creating
creating
an
an
endless
endless
supply
supply
of
of
new
new
game
game
changing
changing
frameworks.
frameworks
If
if
the
the
new
new
frameworks
frameworks
can
can
always
always
stay
stay
one
one
step
step
ahead
ahead
of
of
the
the
no
no
code
code
tools
tools
in
in
the
the
AI,
ai
then
then
I
i
think
think
our
our
jobs
jobs
will
will
be
be
safe.
safe
Another
another
point
point
when
when
it
it
comes
comes
to
to
no
no
code
code
and
and
low
low
code
code
is
is
that
that
this
this
stuff
stuff
has
has
been
been
around
around
forever,
forever
like
like
Microsoft
microsoft
Excel
excel
is
is
a
a
low
low
code
code
tool.
tool
In
in
my
my
experience,
experience
it's
it's
always
always
been
been
a
a
dead
dead
end
end
hype
hype
train.
train
Even
even
if
if
no
no
code
code
did
did
hypothetically
hypothetically
make
make
all
all
engineers
engineers
obsolete,
obsolete
you
you
would
would
still
still
need
need
someone
someone
to
to
code
code
and
and
maintain
maintain
all
all
those
those
no
no
code
code
tools.
tools
Ultimately,
ultimately
when
when
I
i
take
take
a
a
step
step
back
back
and
and
look
look
at
at
the
the
big
big
picture,
picture
I
i
see
see
this
this
massively
massively
complex
complex
ecosystem
ecosystem
of
of
code
code
and
and
technology
technology
that'll
that'll
be
be
impossible
impossible
to
to
maintain
maintain
and
and
push
push
forward
forward
without
without
a
a
massive
massive
army
army
of
of
skilled
skilled
programmers.
programmers
Coding
coding
will
will
never
never
be
be
an
an
easy
easy
skill
skill
and
and
many
many
real
real
world
world
systems
systems
are
are
so
so
over
over
engineered
engineered
that
that
they'll
they'll
always
always
need
need
highly
highly
specialized
specialized
and
and
highly
highly
paid
paid
engineers
engineers
to
to
work
work
on
on
that,
that
and
and
just
just
like
like
our
our
banking
banking
system
system
still
still
needs
needs
COBOL
cobol
developers.
developers
The
the
reality
reality
is
is
that
that
code
code
is
is
just
just
the
the
most
most
efficient
efficient
way
way
for
for
humans
humans
to
to
develop
develop
software.
software
There
there
will
will
always
always
be
be
ups
ups
and
and
downs
downs
in
in
terms
terms
of
of
opportunity
opportunity
for
for
coders
coders
because
because
of
of
the
the
on
on
me
me
and
and
whatnot.
whatnot
However,
however
it
it
seems
seems
highly
highly
unlikely
unlikely
that
that
the
the
underlying
underlying
skill
skill
set
set
of
of
writing
writing
code
code
can
can
actually
actually
be
be
replaced
replaced
by
by
anything
anything
in
in
the
the
near
near
future.
future
Alright.
alright
That's
that's
That's
that's
enough
enough
talking.
talking
I
i
need
need
to
to
get
get
back
back
to
to
writing
writing
some
some
code
code
with
with
GitHub
github
Copilot.
copilot
Thanks
thanks
for
for
watching,
watching
and
and
I
i
will
will
see
see
you
you
in
in
the
the
next
next
one.
one
success
The rise in cryptocurrencies is due to a shift in focus from front-end developers to back-end developers and the need for smaller companies to handle smaller projects. The rise is also due to the shift in focus from front-end developers to back-end developers and the need for smaller companies to handle smaller projects. The challenges of creating low code tools and the potential for artificial intelligence to make work harder for developers are also discussed. The rise is not yet present, but the cloud is seen as a potential for artificial intelligence to make work harder for developers.
Is coding really dead? 6 trends that look bad
Coding is dead. I've seen this prediction thrown around more and more lately, but will programmers really go extinct anytime soon? It's in my best interest to shill for the learn to code industry on this channel. However, looking into 2023, there are some really bad looking storm clouds on the horizon. In today's video, we'll look at 6 messed up trends that might kill programming once and for all, along with a few shreds of hope at the end. Before we get into it, I'd recommend you sign up for FireShip Pro to learn how to code with a brand new platform I built from scratch that provides an addictive meme driven experience, and this might be your last chance to support the channel before coding dies forever. The first trend I wanna talk about is stalled technology. Now normally, I love making fun of Facebook on this channel, but things have gotten so bad with the metaverse that I honestly just feel sad at this point. Like, the entire metaverse likely has fewer daily active users than that shitty side project that you totally forgot about. Like, they just keep pouring money into this thing, and so far it's been nothing but an embarrassing flop. I highly recommend watching this video from Mental Outlaw to learn more about why it sucks so bad. Now even though the metaverse sucks right now, that doesn't mean it's not going to be a big thing in the future. There are quite a few technologies out there that haven't fully matured to the point where there's a massive demand for new programmers in the field, but have the potential to be huge in the future, like self driving cars, 3 d printing, quantum computing, and augmented reality. And these technologies are great, but they haven't reached or full potential like the smartphone has, and the big question is will they ever get there? In my opinion, the adoption of these technologies has been pretty disappointing so far. If they never fully mature, that could mean a lot of dead programming jobs. The next trend, which is affecting literally every human being on the planet, is the current economic meltdown. Economists have no idea how this rampant inflation could have possibly happened. It definitely has nothing to do with all that money that was printed the last 10 years. To be fair though, even Nobel Prize winning economists very good at making predictions, like in 1998, when Paul Krugman thought the Internet would have no bigger impact than a fax machine. Now that out of control inflation is a reality, central banks are raising interest rates, and that's a big problem for programmers. The vast majority of startups and many publicly traded companies don't make any money. They operate in the red and rely on investors to bankroll their losses until they become profitable or get acquired or go out of business. Higher interest rates make it much harder for venture capitalists to provide easy money for these startups, and that means startups that do raise money have to be far more careful about how they spend it. And one of the biggest expenses for a startup is hiring programmers. As of today, the job market still appears to be very strong on a macro level. However, just last week, there were layoffs at Microsoft. The stock price of Snap collapsed, which means they'll probably have more layoffs. Then you've got Elon talking about firing 75% of Twitter staff, and essentially all of the big tech corporations have started to slow hiring. And that's unlikely to change while their stock prices tank as well. And even the Fed said that unemployment needs to go higher, and you should never fight the Fed. They're the house that controls our casino economy. And And speaking of casinos, another problematic trend is the crypto winter. Bitcoin is down 70% from its high of last year. That's not a great look for an inflation hedge, and there's been a variety of interest that nobody could have ever possibly seen coming in a 1000000 years, like the collapse of Luna, Celsius, and Voyager. About a year ago, Web 3 or where the decentralized web was trending into the stratosphere. Teenagers were making 1,000,000 of dollars trading pictures of monkeys, and it looked like web 3 was going to make everything else obsolete by this time this year, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. And now you don't really hear about Web 3 anymore. Whether you like crypto or not, its decline in popularity for the time being is not a great sign for programming in general. These smart contracts require smart programmers, but if smart people aren't using them, then we've got problem here. In my opinion, I think web 3 is in the trough of disillusionment, but will continue to improve and grow in the future. An even bigger threat to the lives of programmers is mocode, no code, and low code. So, mow, low. And we're molo so. We're low moso bro. Programming has kind of evolved into a blue collar profession. It's like being a janitor, but with less exercise. Luckily, as of today, it still pays extremely well. That's why boot camps like Blum Institute of Technology, formerly Lambda School, can offer a job guarantee of $50,000 a year. That's nearly $5,000 more than you would make at McDonald's working for $22 an hour, although they also offer a free Mcbus Pass. The reality though is that technology is now facing many of the lines of code that used to be produced by humans typing into a keyboard. There are tons and tons of tools now that make it possible for non engineers to create basic applications, websites, and even back end utilities and databases. On top of that, engineers are now writing code with tools like GitHub Copilot, which move us closer and closer to obsolescence. There are no doubt ambitious people out there foaming at the mouth with the idea of entirely automating your job with AI. High. The technology is not there yet, but just look at how far it's come in the last year. We now have things like stable diffusion and DALL E, and voice cloning that's indistinguishable from the real thing. It's only a matter of time, and when that day comes It's over. We are screwed. Next up, we need to talk about social media consolidation, a trend that's been going on for many years now. Tech Lead made a video about this last week, and you can always trust him to tell you the things that you don't wanna hear. And that you think the ability to code is like magic. It's not. We're not wizards. Nowadays, the vast majority of content creation has been absorbed by platforms like TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube that use the follower model for social media. Why is that? Well, it incentivizes creators with money and Internet fame at a time when the common person's attention span is lower than ever, like more than 50% of Americans have not read a book in the last year. This is a problem for developers because people are no longer downloading apps from the App Store every day, we're randomly surfing the Internet to find new content. This makes it extremely difficult to build a new web or mobile app and make a ton of money with it unless you have a of marketing budget behind it. Like when oil first became a thing, there were all kinds of prospectors becoming overnight millionaires, but nowadays, you have a small handful of companies that control the entire world. It's a bad trend for independent developers because it's much harder to take your side hustle to the moon. Now the final trend, which has also been going on for years, is the cloud. You have big cloud platforms like AWS that have been aggressively simplifying basically all areas of development, and until recently, that's mainly meant fewer jobs for in administrators and IT guys. But now there are many tools coming out that eliminate both front end and back end jobs, like Honeycode, which is a no code tool for building web and mobile apps or amplify an entire back end as a service. In addition, you've got a bunch of new startups coming out with next gen serverless databases that further simplify the role of a back end developer. In other words, as new cloud based tools make development easier, there's just less code to write. Now, this Video may sound very pessimistic, but I think there is hope. You could always get into farming. That's what Bill Gates did after he got sick of coding in c sharp, and now he's the biggest farmland owner in the United States. Another ray of hope for millennials is that Gen z seems to be pretty tech illiterate, primarily because that generation is growing up at a time when social media and technology is already very consolidated. Like, I bet many kids these days don't even know how URLs work or that you can even edit them in the browser. And that's good news for old millennial developers who understand these esoteric technologies. Another piece of good news is that it looks like World War 3 could start any day now. Instead of being drafted to the lines, a good programmer will likely be assigned to updating software on drones and missiles, while a good web developer can update CSS on propaganda websites. Now, if that doesn't pan out, I have a lot of faith in the JavaScript ecosystem to create an endless supply of jobs by creating an endless supply of new game changing frameworks. If the new frameworks can always stay one step ahead of the no code tools in the AI, then I think our jobs will be safe. Another point when it comes to no code and low code is that this stuff has been around forever, like Microsoft Excel is a low code tool. In my experience, it's always been a dead end hype train. Even if no code did hypothetically make all engineers obsolete, you would still need someone to code and maintain all those no code tools. Ultimately, when I take a step back and look at the big picture, I see this massively complex ecosystem of code and technology that'll be impossible to maintain and push forward without a massive army of skilled programmers. Coding will never be an easy skill and many real world systems are so over engineered that they'll always need highly specialized and highly paid engineers to work on that, and just like our banking system still needs COBOL developers. The reality is that code is just the most efficient way for humans to develop software. There will always be ups and downs in terms of opportunity for coders because of the on me and whatnot. However, it seems highly unlikely that the underlying skill set of writing code can actually be replaced by anything in the near future. Alright. That's That's enough talking. I need to get back to writing some code with GitHub Copilot. Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
The rise in cryptocurrencies is due to a shift in focus from front-end developers to back-end developers and the need for smaller companies to handle smaller projects. The rise is also due to the shift in focus from front-end developers to back-end developers and the need for smaller companies to handle smaller projects. The challenges of creating low code tools and the potential for artificial intelligence to make work harder for developers are also discussed. The rise is not yet present, but the cloud is seen as a potential for artificial intelligence to make work harder for developers.