<p>For years, governments and tech companies told students that learning to code would provide a pathway to stability and high-earning salaries. But with AI reshaping the tech industry and jobs disappearing, there are questions about whether "learn to code" campaigns were oversold as a silver bullet. University of Waterloo associate professor&nbsp;<strong>Troy Vasiga</strong>&nbsp;and New York Times technology reporter&nbsp;<strong>Natasha Singer</strong>&nbsp;join Nora Young to discuss the promise and payoff of coding, and whether today's "learn AI" message is taking a page from that old Big Tech playbook.</p>