How to not rely on code

[u/Foolish_Profesh]

I started coding about a year ago and fell in love with it. I found a 12 month in person course that teaches me different languages as well as work readiness for code by putting us in mock work environments. In the beginning I would jot down what I learnt and applied it to what exercises were given to me . Soon I realised the pacing was a bit much and it messed up my learning so I relied on AI to debug and give me notes for resources I did not know where to look for when I went wrong-I was still denying wanting to use AI at that point still for all my work only when really needed.

After doing projects such as e-commerce and being put into a work environment that gives us a brief to complete in 4 week with a roadblock I realised not only me but my whole team relied on AI when we were not meeting deadlines we created for that 4 weeks . I am now put into a smaller team and redoing the same briefs that we used for the working Sims but I realised it made me rely too much on AI . How do I take away this reliance on AI and go back to what I did before on just learning and doing it like how I use to .

Tl;dr : Working simulation deadlines as well as not knowing where to go for resources made me rely to much on AI for work and I want to change that and go back to how I was before.

[u/Rav_3d]

AI-assisted programming is here to stay. Embrace it, or you will be replaced by those that do. It will not go back to the way it was before.

[u/needs-more-code → u/Rav_3d]

You can’t just prompt your way into a job. Those that forget how to code will be replaced by those that don’t. You have to be able to have conversations about how to achieve things.

[u/Rav_3d → u/needs-more-code]

100%. I didn't mean to suggest software engineers don't need to know how to code. In fact, it's more important than ever to have a solid architecture, design, and SDLC and use AI as a tool, not to "vibe code" entire projects.

I'm just suggesting that the days where developers manually write every line of code are over. Within 1-2 years, all code will be written by AI.

[u/needs-more-code → u/Rav_3d]

Most people’s problem is not using AI too sparingly, so it’s not something people need to keep in mind. I see at least one person everyday saying they can’t code anymore because they use AI for all their coding. They’re scared for their career.

In 1-2 years, if AI writes all code, people will not know how to code. Gotta do something you’ve never done before? Do it with AI and you’ll be the same as before you did it.