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Should Everyone be a Programmer?
- maeon3 15y agoAt one point in history it was asked if everyone should learn to read and write so that they could more easily communicate with people from far away for the purpose of solving problems with collective action instead of as individuals or small groups. The answer to that question was yes. The incorrect answer was. "Reading and writing is too hard, the scholars in the temple will do the reading and writing on behalf of the sheep" Today the question is should the sheep learn to program the computers? The answer is no, it's too hard, we will do it on their behalf. Imagine a nation full of capable coders. Woah. Im glad we made reading and writing mandatory in school.
- Philter 15y agoInteresting analogy. But couldn't that be said of any profession? Everyone should learn to apply medical procedures or represent themselves in a court of law? Ya it would be awesome to have a nation full of great doctors. The problem is that each of these things is a specialization that takes thousands of hours of study and experience to do well. Yes, the barrier of entry to programming is much lower, but that doesn't mean it doesn't require the same amount of time to be a good coder as it does to be good in other professions.