High school students should learn basic coding to build structured problem-solving skills and the ability to break complex problems into parts. Programming cultivates a structured intellect that remains valuable even as AI tools handle many coding tasks. Industry voices advocate treating coding as a core subject while also emphasizing proficiency with AI tools. AI systems are rapidly improving and can increasingly generate code approaching mid-level engineer output, but human understanding of fundamentals and problem decomposition retains premium value. Tactical fluency with AI tools complements coding skills rather than replacing the need to learn programming fundamentals.
You should absolutely learn to code,
One skill that is at a premium and will continue to be at a premium is having really structured intellect that can break down complicated problems into pieces.
Whenever I hear people say, 'Don't learn to code,' it's like, do I want an airplane pilot who doesn't understand aerodynamics? This doesn't make much sense to me,
The obvious tactical thing is just get really good at using AI tools. Like when I was graduating as a senior from high school, the obvious tactical thing was get really good
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