Stop asking "Is learning coding worth it?"

I think we need to stop asking this question, and instead ask a better question that provides for more longevity.
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[@JonathanGonzalez-kk3zu]

im 34 and im on the same journey of web dev. Good luck brother. Great content.

[@vessbakalov8958]

30 year veteran here (typing this I realized it was 30 years ago to the month that I got my first coding job).
If you have to keep asking this question - it's probably not. It's a subjective thing and everyone needs a job. When I started, this was not a sure thing by a long shot. Devs weren't really making bank. Finance bros were killing it and a business major was so much easier.
I knew there was nothing I would rather do.
This was a 17 year old talking. I had to pay my bills and all that but no family. Maybe if I wasnt successful, a few years and a family later I would have gotten a different job and coding would be just a hobby. But here we are 30 years later.
Coding is still a hard thing to get good at in 2024 (tho a much easier thing to get started in). It turned out it pays well. Its not for everyone - there are temperaments and inclanations that are very individualistic. We are all neuro divergent in some sense.
So look at your options and look at yourself. And decide if it is worth it. Are you going to be happy coding for 6 hours per day and putting 10 hours in (those 10 minute stand-ups can take a couple of hours).
If not - maybe become an electrician. Still need to learn stuff. Still a hard job. Get to work in different places. Still put in 10 hours. Still well paid.
Someone recently said - people spend years avoiding learning something for a month because they are not sure if they will need it.
If you would rather pontificate if doing something is worth it for longer than doing it - programming is not for you for sure. This is one job where you have to do it wrong quite a few times before you do it right.

[@Antnierv]

Software engineer of 5 years here. I think the basis that people are quitting or saying tech jobs aren’t worth it has less to do with the coding not being fun and more with the politics and how removed from the development one is the more senior they become, it becomes more about meetings and getting approvals for designs and ideas. I actually also disagree with the fact that coding needs to be fun off the bat or fun at all for it to be worth it. Read the book “so good they can’t ignore you” which backs up the anti thesis of passion hypothesis. Basically, the better you become at something, the more valuable you become, and therefore the more you enjoy the thing you are doing. Chasing something based on just fun leads to what you’re doing: going all over the place sounding fragile and unsure. Not everyone can afford that.

[@Antnierv]

If anyone reading this is learning to code and it is NOT super fun: KEEP GOING. You will enjoy it the more mastery you have over it and there is a steep learning curve before it clicks

[@allisong5577]

What happend with ux design?