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robertlagrant
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It was a big thing ten years ago - why not learn to code if your job has gone overseas? At the point Mayor Bloomberg tweeted something about learning to code, it seems Jeff Atwood felt it was time to weigh in[0].
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https://blog.codinghorror.com/please-dont-learn-to-code
borski
on Aug 26, 2023
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I think the point is that it wasn’t big
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robertlagrant
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I was saying it wasn't just some "journos on Twitter".
googlryas
on Aug 27, 2023
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Saying "learn to code" is different from "oh, you got laid off of your trucking job? Learn to code"
robertlagrant
on Aug 28, 2023
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It is, but it was the latter that was being said, IIRC.
googlryas
on Aug 28, 2023
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But not by Bloomberg. He was saying a version of "Everyone should know how to code!"
borski
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[0] https://blog.codinghorror.com/please-dont-learn-to-code