So I began taking Codecademy’s Full-Stack Engineer career path a couple weeks ago. It’s great but now having spent 50 or so hours on it, I’m second-guessing whether I chose the right path.
My worrying stems from the following:
- Web development (which I understand to be HTML/CSS/JS but I’m sure there is more to it than my basic notion of it) seems like it’s the most vulnerable field of tech to becoming automated.
- Data science, as I understand it, requires business understanding, which humans can be better than computers at, so it seems like it’s less vulnerable to becoming automated.
- I don’t feel good about continuing to work on my curriculum because of my uncertainty – I don’t know if my current path is a waste of time.
So I have two questions that I hope someone can help me with:
- Am I wasting my time learning HTML/CSS in 2025 when I should be pursuing a different field like data science?
- Where is a good place that I can find experienced tech people to consult for career advice? A real human in-person person who lives near me who I can drive to, I mean. I tried emailing some CS professors at the university near me but no replies.
Thanks for reading. I am a noob so I know I may have some misconceptions about stuff. Any help is appreciated.
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r/cscareerquestions So I began taking Codecademy’s Full-Stack Engineer career path a couple weeks ago. It’s great but now having spent 50 or so hours on it, I’m second-guessing whether I chose the right path. My worrying stems from the following: Web development (which I understand to be HTML/CSS/JS but I’m sure there is more to it than my basic notion of it) seems like it’s the most vulnerable field of tech to becoming automated. Data science, as I understand it, requires business understanding, which humans can be better than computers at, so it seems like it’s less vulnerable to becoming automated. I don’t feel good about continuing to work on my curriculum because of my uncertainty – I don’t know if my current path is a waste of time. So I have two questions that I hope someone can help me with: Am I wasting my time learning HTML/CSS in 2025 when I should be pursuing a different field like data science? Where is a good place that I can find experienced tech people to consult for career advice? A real human in-person person who lives near me who I can drive to, I mean. I tried emailing some CS professors at the university near me but no replies. Thanks for reading. I am a noob so I know I may have some misconceptions about stuff. Any help is appreciated. submitted by /u/vj5rhu4egethhiki65 [link] [comments]
So I began taking Codecademy’s Full-Stack Engineer career path a couple weeks ago. It’s great but now having spent 50 or so hours on it, I’m second-guessing whether I chose the right path.
My worrying stems from the following:
- Web development (which I understand to be HTML/CSS/JS but I’m sure there is more to it than my basic notion of it) seems like it’s the most vulnerable field of tech to becoming automated.
- Data science, as I understand it, requires business understanding, which humans can be better than computers at, so it seems like it’s less vulnerable to becoming automated.
- I don’t feel good about continuing to work on my curriculum because of my uncertainty – I don’t know if my current path is a waste of time.
So I have two questions that I hope someone can help me with:
- Am I wasting my time learning HTML/CSS in 2025 when I should be pursuing a different field like data science?
- Where is a good place that I can find experienced tech people to consult for career advice? A real human in-person person who lives near me who I can drive to, I mean. I tried emailing some CS professors at the university near me but no replies.
Thanks for reading. I am a noob so I know I may have some misconceptions about stuff. Any help is appreciated.
submitted by /u/vj5rhu4egethhiki65
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