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Are there enough coders already? For me coding is not a love story. It can be fun bit mostly it takes absurd amounts of time, time I would rather spend doing s

Are there enough coders already? For me coding is not a love story. It can be fun bit mostly it takes absurd amounts of time, time I would rather spend doing something fun and exciting. No, living in your head creating imaginary worlds isn't what I consider being fun. Music creation, DJing, dancing, hanging out with people, traveling is more fun. Coding is a means to an end, something to get me closer to the goal of not having to work because my income comes passively. It's not a good life. Staring at the screen for hours days weeks years. It's imitation of life in every sense. Slavery even. Also why do you care if people decide to be coders? Let them do what makes them happy

MisterSandman 4y ago
This comment is unironically based LOL. It's a very cynical take, but I do agree that coding and programming doesn't need to be universal, and any attempt to do so has failed. There is/was this strange wave of every educator demanding programming be taught to middle schoolers and high schoolers. It never turned out great - at best, they were taught very basic Scratch that helped them develop their problem solving skills vs. their programming skills. Computer literacy is far more important, and is completely decoupled from coding. Instead of coding, every student should be taught how the internet genuinely functions, how digital privacy works and more. Knowing how a for loop works doesn't help with any of that.
fdewrewrewf 4y ago
>Also why do you care if people decide to be coders? Probably due the narrative that privileged, young white men control the world with their computer programming. The reality is, ironically, that programming is how well-meaning people with a certain type of smarts find themselves grinding away to perform other people's wishes.

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Are there enough coders already? For me coding is not a love story. It can be fun bit mostly it takes absurd amounts of time, time I would rather spend doing s

by lakomen 4y ago

MisterSandman 4y ago
This comment is unironically based LOL. It's a very cynical take, but I do agree that coding and programming doesn't need to be universal, and any attempt to do so has failed. There is/was this strange wave of every educator demanding programming be taught to middle schoolers and high schoolers. It never turned out great - at best, they were taught very basic Scratch that helped them develop their problem solving skills vs. their programming skills. Computer literacy is far more important, and is completely decoupled from coding. Instead of coding, every student should be taught how the internet genuinely functions, how digital privacy works and more. Knowing how a for loop works doesn't help with any of that.
fdewrewrewf 4y ago
>Also why do you care if people decide to be coders? Probably due the narrative that privileged, young white men control the world with their computer programming. The reality is, ironically, that programming is how well-meaning people with a certain type of smarts find themselves grinding away to perform other people's wishes.