AI Taking Over Coding: Should IT Jobs Be Worried?

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) threat seems to be looming large on the IT sector. After witnessing several tech giants laying off thousands of their employees as the companies were switching to the AI systems, Zoho cofounder Sridhar Vembu has made it clear that coders will have to look for other career options. Vembu said that he includes himself among those who have to look for other careers, as he cannot depend on coding for his livelihood.

After US-based AI startup Anthropic launched its automation tool Claude Cowork, the stock markets across the world crashed. Now, Anthropic announced that its Claude Opus 4.6 model has created a C compiler from scratch.

Vembu explained the changed conditions after the advent of AI. He shared a post on X about a user who created a Bhagavad Gita app, using AI. Anish Moonka does not know how to write a code but finished the app within a week taking the help of AI tools from Anthropic and OpenAI, Vembu said and called it AI-assisted Code Engineering productivity.

On Anthropic’s C compiler Claude Opus 4.6, he said that it is not an easy engineering feat. At the same time, Vembu advised youngsters not to worry about their career in the wake of the advancements of AI in coding. He suggested that techies should not panic but accept and embrace the change.

The Zoho chief also claimed that he had a discussion with Google’s Gemini Pro about how the AI revolution could reshape the country.

The future can reshape in either ways — one in the optimistic manner where technology will exhibit its versatility and make humans redundant, giving them time to focus on life, as predicted by Elon Musk. Musk even said that money would also lose its prominence in such a world where working meant only doing jobs out of passion but not compulsion.

The other was in which future can unfold is a “pessimistic dystopian vision” with centralized control, Vembu predicted.

For IT job holders or aspirants, this is not a signal to panic but a clear sign to adapt. AI is reducing the importance of routine coding but it is increasing the problem solving value, creativity and decision making.

Jobs will not disappear overnight, but roles will change faster than before. Those who keep learning, work alongside AI tools, and build skills beyond pure Coding will stay relevant. The real risk is not AI itself, but ignoring the change it brings.