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> As relevant to HN, K-12 schools are making coding increasingly mandatory, so that skillset is less and less exclusive. The majority of those people have neit
by mostlysimilar 2y ago
> As relevant to HN, K-12 schools are making coding increasingly mandatory, so that skillset is less and less exclusive.
The majority of those people have neither the ability nor the inclination to build software. The idea that everyone will write code in the future is a fantasy pushed by the business bobbleheads who want any excuse to pay less for engineering talent.
- blagie 2y agoNo, but when Microsoft was founded, the pathway was open to Bill Gates since he went to a $$$$ elite private school which could afford a computer. That's right. One computer. Today, that path is open to everyone. The idea isn't that everyone will write code. The idea is that everyone will have the opportunity to learn, and if 1% run with it, that's 3 million programmers in the US, and 80 million worldwide. I have no idea what that percentage is (5%? 0.1%), but whatever it is, it's a skill that's growing much less exclusive.