2026 can feel like an uncertain time to be in tech. Developers today might feel anxious and concerned about everything happening lately. Tech is always changing, and over the past 11 years since I wrote my first line of code, popular programming languages and frameworks have rotated like fashion trends.
When I started learning how to code in 2015, Ruby dominated the online conversations. A couple of years later, JavaScript took the spotlight with people debating which JavaScript framework was the best to learn. Today, Python has risen to one of the most in-demand programming languages to learn.
AI has been a disruptive force, and the world has been feeling the ripple effects. Every industry has been touched by AI, and more so in tech. Developers can use AI to help them code, making debugging and refactoring much more powerful skills regardless of the language or frameworks they use.
The coding journey isn’t always smooth sailing.
It doesn’t matter if you are getting started or a senior developer who has been coding for years. This journey itself tests every developer, regardless of what goals and destinations people want to reach. That means at some point every developer will encounter challenges such as impostor syndrome and burnout along the way to where they want to be.
