Programming is dead. Programming remains dead and AI has killed it.
If you are not a undergrad fresher and younger, this post is not for you. The programmers with experience will probably disagree with the title, and I agree, the title does not hold true for them. It does hold true for the next generation that is going to pick Computer Science Engineering because their parents ask them to, the ones that are going to blindly believe that they deserve a package of 30. 40 LPA just by scoring a decent CGPA.
A good experienced developer with Cursor or Windsurf is a deadly creature. As the models get better, which they will and already are, these deadly creatures get better exponentially. The ones entering fresh will need to obsessively learn and work on their programming to be anywhere near the level of expertise needed.
One could level the playing field by democratising access to the very good models, but look at the new 200$ OpenAI plan. A fresh graduate is in no shape to afford it, while the experienced dev will be able to. The skill gap widens, leading to more disparity.
So where does the opportunity arise?
Content.
Content is the next big thing. Those instagram reel creators, those meme posting pages, they are all onto something. They will be the distributors. The good developer, is not used to the internet and content the same way the newbies are. It’s a world they’re not used to. Every month has a new meme, and as connectivity increases, every day will have a highlight moment. The trained mind is too slow to catch up, while the untrained is only aware about the changes. Turns out its not the AI tools that levels the playing field.
Its the ideas.
So be the ideas person. This is my goal for the next year or two. Understand the true nature of good ideas. Where to do they come from? What is