How long it takes to learn programming from zero with AI?
Posted by Alive_Mood_1381@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 29 comments
I ll graduate soon and I want to take a break for 3 months for learning code and I want to have a job after. I have to start from zero, I tried with freeCodeCamp, but it didn t really helped me. I think I want to work in web design, but I m not confident because I don t know if 3 months are enough to get ready for it. Currently I m also using Claude Code for a lot of things and it s wow. Is it necessarily to know how to write code by myself? And are the 3 months enough for getting a job?
Humble_Warthog9711@reddit
3 months?
Lmao. Bro you have no idea
Kindly_Radish_8594@reddit
With AI? Forever. The only thing that AI teaches you is how to copy&paste code that you don't understand and therefore can not maintain.
I might be old school here, and I know many don't like them, but I always preffered a book. If you don't go for the cheapest stuff on Amazon you will find well structured literature on any programming language. And I always had the feeling that those books are better suited for actually learning and understanding the langauge.
If you are not comfortable with physical books, there are many free ebooks on the web.
Last but not least, there are many plattforms that are made for teaching you programming. At this point I'd like to add, stay away from some random YouTube videos. Stick to official, dedicated, ressources or channels.
ffrkAnonymous@reddit
yesterday, i was reading a rant about how their company is all in on AI. The senior engineer watched a junior paste code into AI asking "what does this code do?". That code was something the junior checked in earlier in the week.
As a fellow old, i agree with the book sentiment.
grantrules@reddit
Lol where do people get the idea they can go from 0 to employment in THREE MONTHS
Confident-Entry-1784@reddit
3 months is optimistic tbh. Market's saturated and interviewers expect you to explain your own code without AI. Build projects and learn fundamentals, but expect the search to take a while.
desrtfx@reddit
No. Three months is delusional, nothing else.
aqua_regis@reddit
Sorry to tell you, but you are delusional.
3 months are far from enough to even remotely become employable, even more so in the current market situation where laid off, experienced programmers are competing with fresh graduates with proper degrees.
AI will not help you to speed up becoming employable. In order to become employable you will need to learn programming without AI. AI is a tool that requires proficiency without it in order to fully utilize it instead of producing the usual AI slop garbage.
You will absolutely need to be able to write your own code, but far more important than implementation is design - systems, and these are skills that can't be learnt in mere months.
You have to keep in mind that people study for several years and still are far from actually job-ready. They can get jobs as juniors and then have to learn the real job, which is far from what you can study.
Apprehensive_Ring666@reddit
depends on intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHVeQ7-ynA
No_Entrepreneur7899@reddit
de la inteligencia del que usa la ia jajajajaj
HashDefTrueFalse@reddit
Just a bit...
Not without going through some well-reputed institution's course/programme to add some credibility, or a very impressive portfolio. That assumes you can actually develop the skills in just three months, which is awfully quick for anything but the absolute basics.
If programming for the web is your long-term plan and you need money in the meantime then you should make a more immediate plan also. You almost certainly won't be working in the field in three months.
Get another job. Work on your programming skills, network with people and join communities, make things for your portfolio. Keep checking job ads. You'll know when you're ready to start applying to entry-level positions.
Alive_Mood_1381@reddit (OP)
my friend has his own IT company, he has been in this field for more than 12 years and could be a perfect source of documentation for me. but I want to hear other opinions about it, he says it is easy to learn, but that is because he has been doing this since he was a child. I go to Claude Code meetings, where I learn new things from everyone and I also want to make a portfolio on github. I want to not work for 3 months, just learn every day. Realistically speaking, is it impossible for me to get a job after that?
HashDefTrueFalse@reddit
Realistically it's very unlikely, but not impossible. Why so focused on the three months? As I said, you should probably learn alongside working another job to buy yourself the proper amount of time to become hireable.
Alive_Mood_1381@reddit (OP)
because 3 months is the time I can stay without needing to make money. If I did it simultaneously with a hobby, I would have less time, I would learn when I'm tired and it would take longer.
HashDefTrueFalse@reddit
Yeah... at present, definitely don't rely on getting a programming job starting from nothing with only three months of financial runway. That's not likely to go the way you want it to. You won't be able to do anything for me in three months that I can't pay someone more experienced the same amount to do instead. You're not giving yourself enough time to properly get your footing. Anyway, you have my thoughts. Good luck.
NaMaMe@reddit
As someone who's working at a big company that hires people to work with AI: they won't hire you to work with AI if you're not proficient in coding without AI. Youre supposed to be able to have deep understanding of coding to be able to understand what ai does well and not. If you only ever code with Claude I have to say it as drastically as this: you're worthless on the job market
Alive_Mood_1381@reddit (OP)
Could you please advice me how and what to start with?I really want to learn programming.
NaMaMe@reddit
If you want to learn it ditch the ai. Ai is not teaching you anything, it's doing it for you. Coding is very accessible to learn even by yourself with a lot of resources (even full on courses like with khan academy) readily available. Make your own website by yourself from scratch. You can also put in the effort to actually go to school for it. But ditch the ai. You don't learn by having someone or something do the work for you
No_Entrepreneur7899@reddit
años, la ia solo es una herramienta, si no saber guiarla no sirve de nada. Estudia las bases no caigas en el humo!
Apprehensive_Ring666@reddit
have you tried using codex? that thing is way more than just a tool...
Aglet_Green@reddit
I started learning programming with AI back in 1988, and just yesterday I figured I was almost. . . almost ready to do "Hello World" by myself. Maybe. I bet.
Forsaken-File9993@reddit
lol this made me laugh way too much
but real talk, three months is pretty tight timeline especially for getting actual job. i switched to programming few years back and even with ai helping a lot, took me like 8-9 months before i felt confident enough for interviews. web design has lots of moving parts and employers still expect you understand fundamentals even if ai writes some code for you
atom12354@reddit
Then it said error on line 64971 even tho you only have 1 line of code, wonder if there is anything you could have done to learn how to fix it...
Bibbitybobbityboof@reddit
If freecodecamp is too much, I really don’t see you progressing enough in 3 months to get a job. That might have worked while you were still in school for an internship, but nobody is paying someone to teach them how to code. Using AI isn’t going to help you learn if it’s doing the coding for you. What you should be doing is coding and then using AI to give hints, point out flaws, or explain difficult concepts.
bootyhole_licker69@reddit
three months is nothing man, you can get basics but not job ready, ai or not, especially now hiring sucks
Alive_Mood_1381@reddit (OP)
Do you wrote code?
Lotton@reddit
The majority of us write code. It's been around way longer than ai and someone had to make the ai
SilverTM@reddit
lol poor kid.
Alive_Mood_1381@reddit (OP)
Why poor kid? Is it something wrong in learning? Keep your pesimism for yourself.
AntiDynamo@reddit
You’re a few years too late for quick and dirty approaches to coding. You’ll need far more than 3 months to become proficient enough to get a job, and you’ll likely need qualifications as well to have any chance. Even people with CS degrees and obviously the 3-4 years of coding experience and internships that come along with it are struggling to get jobs, and they’re who you’re competing with. And they’re competing with mid-level engineers who were laid off