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For all those saying that "coding" isn't a valuable skill anymore.

“Coding” was never the source of value, and people shouldn’t get overly attached to it. Problem solving is the core skill. The discipline and precision demanded by traditional programming will remain valuable transferable attributes, but they won’t be a barrier to entry.

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John Carmack

For all those saying that "coding" isn't a valuable skill anymore.

https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1762110222321975442

The open web is dead, long live the open web. ⌐◨-◨

Building Farcaster

Ethereum

"How the hell do I solve the problem you've just described in a way that you're able to use and maintain?"

That's the skill. Always has been.

For architecture they always fed us the line that a good architect isn’t solving a problem — anyone can do that. The more valuable skill is being able to identify the problem. The solution a client expects does not always align with the problem a client has. It’s kind of a first principles approach. 

I think developers, engineers, programmers w/e have the same capacity for lateral thinking and use their tools in a similar way. I do think that skill will always be valuable.

Reads kinda true. I'd also say knowing how "systems" work or should work is a skill in itself.

This is exactly what I’ve been realizing for a while, amazing way to put it into words. Problem solving is the core that even devs got paid for, that hasn’t gone away, the coding wall just got taken down and commodified intensely.