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Sorry, but does sound a bit elitist. Coding has become a somewhat skill set among some blue-collar workers, and have seen some good stuff come from electricians
by BJBBB 8y ago
Sorry, but does sound a bit elitist. Coding has become a somewhat skill set among some blue-collar workers, and have seen some good stuff come from electricians, plumbers, and mechanics.
I know many civil, mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineers that write good code to solve important problems. I know few programmers that know anything about circuit design, plumbing, carpentry, etc. But do believe that the programmers that frequent HN are probably more apt to be multi-skilled and a more renaissance-type of person.
- umichguy 8y agoI am a non-CS engineer - have a masters in Auto Systems - programming has always been part of all/most courses I took. Granted, I am probably pretty poor at things like JS and others as I never really used them, but we used a lot of things like MATLAB/ OCTAVE, Python and a few others in our coursework and work life. I have transitioned out of auto sector into consulting side (non-CS) of things, so now use a lot of data analytics and BI tools including Python, Tableau etc.