I Spent 6 HOURS Researching The Coding Job Market… Here’s What I Found

0:00 what's going on guys Jake the programmer here and in today's video we're going to be covering a lot of stuff and by the end of this video you should be able to answer the question should I pursue a coding career in the year 2023 if we got a lot of Statistics that we're going to be looking at we're going to be looking at the current coding job market and we're going to be finding which route she should take why you should take them how much you can make in these routes and overall we're going to look at what it takes to build a future-proof career in coding so let's get started with this article by Harvard edu now this article has tons of really good information but what I really want to do is start right here so Tech is taking over foreign

0:46 robotics 3D printing artificial intelligence and 5G wireless network and other Technologies are providing us with machine capabilities never before possible the fourth Industrial Revolution like the three that came before it will dramatically alter the job market without a doubt technology is changing the way jobs work but it's always been doing that if we look at farming for an example it went from having 20 people on a farm to using tractors technology always changes the way careers function let's talk about the importance of building a future proof career so a future-proof career is essentially a career that will last a long time for example doctors doctors are going to be around forever so it's about finding a career that can last you

1:33 a long time and it's about finding out whether or not software development and overall just computer programming is in that realm so let's scroll down a little bit further and let's take a look at the emerging roles and growing sectors so according to the BLS report on the fastest growing occupations in the U.S from 2016 to 2026 the following positions are expected to be in high demand now we have some pretty obvious stuff physician assistants nurse practitioners but what I really want to take a look at is here software and application developers is projected for a 31 growth this is awesome this is great news now granted it says 2016 to 2026 it's 2023. we only got three years left

2:19 so what I wanted to do is I wanted to take a look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and get more in-depth information so that's what I did so here we can look at the job outlook from 2021 to 2031 25 much faster than the average in fact if we look at the average percent employment change from 2021 to 2023 it's only five percent that means software developers is going up 20 percent faster than the average now I want to shift Focus to right down here not only is software developers coming up 26 but let's get more specific if we look take a look up higher web developers and we'll talk about why pursuing web development might be the best option for

3:05 you here in just a moment the web developer outlook for from 2021 to 2031 is expected to increase 30 percent 30.3 percent for web development growth but not only web developers let's not let's not just stop there let's get even more specific and let's start looking at the the money that could be made in web development specifically react development and like I said we'll talk more about the languages and the technical stuff here in just a moment but right now I just want to look at the careers so as a react developer on average you can make 92 thousand dollars a year and that says all years of experience let's let's dial this in even further let's take a look at zero to one

3:52 years of experience boom look at that 81 760 dollars a year that is zero to one year of experience as a react developer that is a junior react developer and even on the on the Lesser side 65 000 a year starting I don't know not compensation be facing so we have this great news great jobs are going to be there what are those jobs gonna look like what skills are you going to need for those jobs so number one and probably the biggest and most popular and trending right now is AI and specifically chat GPT

4:39 chat gbt right now is a tool not a replacement now I made a whole video about AI taking over programming jobs and I would definitely recommend you watch it linked down below go check it out but here's the gist chat GPT cannot do what US humans can do when it comes to creative thinking and problem solving yes chat gbt is helpful for making writing code more efficient but programming requires complex problem solving you'll run into problems that chat gbt can't fix there has been plenty of cases where Chad gbt has given bad bad code that can't be used and without having an understanding of how programming and coding works you won't be able to find and catch those mistakes technical stuff aside chat gbt does not

5:25 have the ability to think like us humans can and as of right now it's not replacing any software development jobs computer programming is much more in depth and it requires human expertise and someone that can understand code now another problem that the coding job market is facing is developers that don't understand what they're doing you have thousands of people that are learning how to code but not a lot of them are learning what they need to learn the coding job market needs passionate developers that means developers that want to build cool that also means developers that are willing to learn soft skills and developers that are willing to learn the right coding practices let's start with those programmers need to be able to write code that is modular what that

6:12 means is being able to take a large program and break it down into smaller modules and these are basically more manageable components with its own specific functionality and purpose let's think about a puzzle except each piece has its own purpose and you can take out those pieces and put them back in without affecting the entire program programmers need to know how to write code that is extendable that means the software is able to be adjusted and adapt without having to be written from scratch and programmers should be able to work as a team now let's get into the soft skills and actually let's pull up the world economic Forum because this is extremely helpful these are the core skills for workers in 2023. these are the top skills people are looking for

6:58 number one analytical thinking number one look at that and creative thinking these are the top two core skills for workers in 2023 this is what people are looking for and like I said before these are the two skills that chat gbt and AI do not have this is what separates a good developer from a bad developer the ability to think and solve problems let's look down here creative thinking 73 analytical thinking 71 and if we look up here these are some of the other skills that are important for workers in 2023 resilience flexibility and agility motivation and self-awareness curiosity and life long

7:45 learning this one especially applies with the programming industry lifelong learning programmers need to be able to adapt to the modern Technologies this is huge and with that being said let's shift over to the more technical stuff so we talked a little bit about web development and it's clear web development is the field to be in especially if you're just starting out as a programmer and you're wanting to get into the coding industry fast so what I have pulled up now is a 2022 developer survey from stack Overflow and guys all these links are down below this is a ton of good helpful information let's take a look at the most popular Technologies so boom right there JavaScript number one 65 that's amazing let's take a look at

8:31 people who are learning to code look at that 62 starting with HTML CSS and 59 JavaScript so if you're wondering what technologies you should start with HTML and CSS then move to JavaScript now let's take a look at some of the Frameworks boom node.js and react.js specifically rag.js because yeah we're looking for that 80k salary 42 this is what the industry is looking for now when it comes to constantly learning something else and I'm letting you guys in on this typescript is popping being able to transition from JavaScript to typescript is huge because that is a skill that employers are looking for in fact we just started teaching typescript inside our curriculum at Dev slopes Academy

9:17 because we know how important it is to be able to constantly learn and adapt to the new technologies that are required to survive in the programming industry look at this 2022 marks javascript's 10th year in a row as the most commonly used programming language so let's recap what does it take to build a future-proof career in programming well first of all it's understanding that the job outlook from 2021 to 2023 is going up by 25 in web development specifically it's going up 30 percent are we facing challenges yes artificial intelligence how do we overcome that obstacle it's about being a passionate developer it's about wanting to build cool and

10:03 it's about having the creative thinking and soft skills required to stand out that means knowing how to write clean code knowing how to write code that is able to be managed by a team of developers knowing how to work with a team of developers and becoming a problem solver and where is the best place to start becoming a react developer react developers can make eighty thousand dollars a year starting salary and the learning process HTML and CSS JavaScript react and not just stopping from there adapting learning things like typescript back-end development guys so the answer the answer should you still pursue a career in coding in 2023 1 000 yes just remember programming is

10:50 more than just writing code and it always has been and always will be regardless of artificial intelligence regardless of whatever new piece of technology comes out there be willing to adapt and be open-minded guys keep coding that's it for now everybody thank you so much for watching this video there's going to be a lot more videos like this I would love for you guys to check out our video on AI and how it's not taking over programming jobs and I will see you guys in the next video be sure to hit that subscribe button Jake the programmer peace