#285 - Listen to This Before You Learn to Code with AI

Develop Yourself

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

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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)