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While I don't disagree that programming can be a difficult and I can see reasons to not want to program, I would even less like to argue with reality. Non-progr
by sqeaky 10y ago
While I don't disagree that programming can be a difficult and I can see reasons to not want to program, I would even less like to argue with reality. Non-programmers are losing jobs quickly and programmers are gaining them.
Perhaps if enough people left other fields to code it might temporarily lessen pressure on those fields to allow the people who cannot or will not code to stabilize. In the I do not see a a guaranteed for any not making software.
As for the author's implicit assumptions on degrees. He never does state it, he just implies it several times. His first argument that one needs a degree so they can be as good as Sony was only one such assumption.
I have not had good opportunities at stock options yet... I guess I need to get in on the ground floor of something.