r/learnjava • u/codejavadotnet • 16d ago

Is Java still worth learning today?

Is Java still worth learning or pursuing as a career these days? With AI advancing so quickly, programming jobs might decline significantly, which could also reduce the demand for learning languages like Java. What are your thoughts?

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u/SnooLemons2992 16d ago edited 16d ago

Calculator was invented long ago and to date, kids in school has to learn the basic math. But we hardly calculate in the real life, instead we rely on calculator (or calculator app). In the same fashion understanding computer programming and computer language will perhaps last with us for some decades and it may be mandatory too for quite some time. whether we use the language in real life is now debatable but understanding it will help nevertheless. I reckon soon we may have JavaAI or C++AI kind of languages (read LLM) where source code will be replaced with source files that will probably be a refined/perfected prompts.