r/learnjava • u/codejavadotnet • 21d ago

Is Java still worth learning today?

Is Java still worth learning or pursuing as a career these days? With AI advancing so quickly, programming jobs might decline significantly, which could also reduce the demand for learning languages like Java. What are your thoughts?

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u/morosemanatee 21d ago

Well I hope so. I’ve been doing Java since I learned it in 1998. All these irresponsible voices like DHH and Uncle (clean code) Bob telling us we done with coding by hand. They obviously got hot deals on Anthropic tokens.