Manufacturing -> programming (particularly superficial web programming as taught at a bootcamp) seems like an awfully impractical leap for those people currentl

Manufacturing -> programming (particularly superficial web programming as taught at a bootcamp) seems like an awfully impractical leap for those people currently affected by this labour transition. Manufacturing -> augmented materials handling, robot/machine maintenance, manufacturing configuration & system setup, fulfillment & distribution, etc. all make great use of existing skillsets & environmental familiarity in new and growing areas. If freecodecamp/general assembly/app academy/flatiron school/... were serious about serving the market of aging factory jobs, they'd diversify their training options into those areas (a category overweight in opportunistic "private education" which _sorely_ needs disruption.) There's even a massive amount of government grants available to fund this training ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Adjustment_Assistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Adjustment_Assistance ) and unions are eager to include it of companies as a requirement for major RIFFs (which lets companies write it off for departing workers).