Tech CEOs Argue Coding Skills in AI Era: Laughable or Lifesaver?
In 2025, eight tech bigwigs gathered to decide if 'learn to code' is a COVID relic or the new black. Okta CEO Todd McKinnon called the idea 'totally laughable,' probably while reminiscing about his own brain type that vaguely resembles code. Meanwhile, Google's Sundar Pichai bragged over 30% of Googleās code is AI-generated, proving Skynet is practically their intern now. Autodeskās Andrew Anagnost waxed poetic about 'systems-level thinking,' AKA managing AI sidekicks without existential crises. Cloudflareās Matthew Prince insists no code gets released sans human approval, because security. And Salesforce's Jayesh Govindarajan peddles 'agency' over codeābasically, just get stuff done, even if you canāt speak Binary. Itās a Silicon Valley episode of 'Are we human or are we AI?'
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Tech CEOs flipping the 'learn to code' script in 2025 like itās a Netflix drama scriptāone calls it laughable, another says AI writes a third of the code, while someone reminds us humans still need to check for AI's bugs. Spoiler: weāre all outsourcing brainwork now.
If AI writes 30% of Googleās code and CEOs debate codingās value, does that mean programmers are half-employed or full-time babysitters for bots?
Okta CEO says 'everyone should learn to code' is laughable, basically admitting that coding is Silicon Valleyās insider Sudoku puzzle, not public karaoke night.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/11/2025 | Author: Ana Altchek
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