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#285 - Listen to This Before You Learn to Code with AI
Manage episode 517721401 series 3399111
Thinking about learning to code with ChatGPT, Cursor, or Copilot?
Hit pause for ten minutes.
In this episode, I break down why AI isn’t replacing developers but it is making it harder to learn.
You’ll learn the right time to start using AI as a beginner, how to avoid outsourcing the struggle that builds real skill, and the “teach-back” method that can boost your learning retention by up to 90%.
Referenced study: https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/evaluating-impact-ai-labor-market-current-state-affairs
Shameless Plugs
Free 5 day email course to go from HTML to AI
Got a question you want answered on the pod? Drop it here
Apply for 1 of 12 spots at Parsity - Learn to build complex software, work with LLMs and launch your career.
AI Bootcamp (NEW) - for software developers who want to be the expert on their team when it comes to integrating AI into web applications.
Chapters
1. Welcome And The AI Panic (00:00:00)
2. Then Vs Now: Learning In A Noisy Web (00:01:11)
3. Access Isn’t Understanding (00:03:04)
4. When Beginners Should Avoid AI (00:04:41)
5. The Right Moment To Add AI (00:06:02)
6. Don’t Paste What You Can’t Explain (00:07:29)
7. Use AI As A Thought Partner (00:08:44)
8. Cutting Through AI Hype And Hiring Myths (00:10:30)
9. What AI Really Changes At Work (00:12:41)
10. Career Coaching And Next Steps (00:13:31)
302 episodes
Manage episode 517721401 series 3399111
Thinking about learning to code with ChatGPT, Cursor, or Copilot?
Hit pause for ten minutes.
In this episode, I break down why AI isn’t replacing developers but it is making it harder to learn.
You’ll learn the right time to start using AI as a beginner, how to avoid outsourcing the struggle that builds real skill, and the “teach-back” method that can boost your learning retention by up to 90%.
Referenced study: https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/evaluating-impact-ai-labor-market-current-state-affairs
Shameless Plugs
Free 5 day email course to go from HTML to AI
Got a question you want answered on the pod? Drop it here
Apply for 1 of 12 spots at Parsity - Learn to build complex software, work with LLMs and launch your career.
AI Bootcamp (NEW) - for software developers who want to be the expert on their team when it comes to integrating AI into web applications.
Chapters
1. Welcome And The AI Panic (00:00:00)
2. Then Vs Now: Learning In A Noisy Web (00:01:11)
3. Access Isn’t Understanding (00:03:04)
4. When Beginners Should Avoid AI (00:04:41)
5. The Right Moment To Add AI (00:06:02)
6. Don’t Paste What You Can’t Explain (00:07:29)
7. Use AI As A Thought Partner (00:08:44)
8. Cutting Through AI Hype And Hiring Myths (00:10:30)
9. What AI Really Changes At Work (00:12:41)
10. Career Coaching And Next Steps (00:13:31)
302 episodes
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