There will still be some dev jobs here and there, but not like before, and the ones that remain are probably gonna be like AI shepherds that oversee a bunch of AIs doing the work that you would've done five years ago.
As someone new to the field, I don't think you'll get many job offers. The entry level positions all seem dead, and will probably only get deader as AI gets better. It seems to me like career suicide to be learning programming now. IMHO only. In 30 years of programming, I'd never seen the field this bad.
I don't know how the industry expects to make new seniors without a pipeline for juniors, but you don't have to make that your problem too.
If I were you in your shoes, I'd learn something harder to automate (the trades, etc.). Robotics doesn't advance as quickly as software AI, so those jobs probably won't be replaced as quickly as programmers.
As someone new to the field, I don't think you'll get many job offers. The entry level positions all seem dead, and will probably only get deader as AI gets better. It seems to me like career suicide to be learning programming now. IMHO only. In 30 years of programming, I'd never seen the field this bad.
I don't know how the industry expects to make new seniors without a pipeline for juniors, but you don't have to make that your problem too.
If I were you in your shoes, I'd learn something harder to automate (the trades, etc.). Robotics doesn't advance as quickly as software AI, so those jobs probably won't be replaced as quickly as programmers.