Should you learn to code?

Coding as a skill, including in the age of AI.

Axis: yes, it unlocks ideas and still matters with AI … no, AI makes it pointless

Answers by date: 12 records in 9 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. shift and revise mean the advice changed; tension — speakers disagree.

date	who	answer	source
2020-05-19	Ali	Ali advises teaching yourself HTML and CSS with free YouTube tutorials, HTML in a day and CSS in two days, and then building your own personal website.	How To Make Money Online - The 3 Levels 00:16:39
2020-05-19	Ali	To anyone starting to make money online Ali recommends learning to code: it is not absolutely necessary, but it really helps when selling any software product online.	How To Make Money Online - The 3 Levels 00:16:39
2020-05-01	Ali	For anyone starting out on passive income and entrepreneurship, Ali recommends learning to code, one of the most useful things to do with your time, especially in lockdown.	How Much Money I Earn in a Week as a Doctor & YouTuber 00:17:52
2020-04-17	Ali	shift: With so many no-code tools, Ali says the idea that you need to learn to code, a narrative he has been peddling for a while, is no longer strictly true, though learning still helps you see what is possible.	Answering your Questions 00:20:55
2020-04-17	Ali	To learn to code, Ali says to sign up to a course on Codecademy or Code School; the one he recommends is Brilliant.org's Python course.	Answering your Questions 00:20:21
2019-10-09	Ali	Ali's third tip: anyone thinking of starting a business should at least know the basics of coding, for two main reasons.	How I Built a Million Dollar Business in Medical School - 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs 00:03:46
2019-09-06	Taimur Abdaal	tension: Taimur disagrees about coding: an e-commerce business needs no code thanks to tools like Shopify, and even custom products can now be built without writing code.	Life Advice Q&A with my Brother 00:04:45
2019-09-06	Ali	Ali's first point for starting an online business is to learn to code, and also the basics of web design.	Life Advice Q&A with my Brother 00:04:15

More answers (4)

date	who	answer	source
2019-08-16	Ali	Lunchtimes in the school computer room, playing an online text-based game, gave Ali his interest in learning to code, which he says has had so many positive effects on his life that he is really glad it happened.	Money, Relationships and Hair Loss - Answering your Assumptions 00:14:42
2018-12-08	Ali	Learning to code from scratch today, Ali would just sign up for a course on Codecademy, Code School, Udemy or anything else: there are so many resources now.	Ask Doctor Ali - 100k subscribers Q&A 00:01:57
2018-08-03	Ali	What Ali is most glad he ever did is teaching himself web design and coding: even within medicine they opened far more doors than his good school grades and fairly average university grades, as did making presentations look pretty in PowerPoint.	Life Advice - 50k subs Q&A 00:19:04
2018-06-12	Ali	Asked how quickly one can learn to code, Ali says the question is how quickly you can make something you want to make: a weekend or a week, depending on the size of the project.	Live Stream - Tuesday Evening Hangout 00:16:36