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> I completely agree with that. Outside of IT, there are many areas that would benefit from some programming knowledge and are currently under-served. I'd like

by wuschel 11y ago

> I completely agree with that. Outside of IT, there are many areas that would benefit from some programming knowledge and are currently under-served. I'd like to emphasize this sentence. There is not just binary code that is used in software. Great challenges arise in other domains e.g. such as synthetic biology.

sanderjd 11y ago
That's exactly my point: I want to hear less "learn to code", and more "learn xyz for which programming is useful". My sense is that being a professional programmer is much more of a no-brainer right now than those xyzs, but that it is very short-sighted as a society-wide meme. I want to see software create a boom in jobs outside the creation of software.