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Hopefully a few of 'em can transition to teaching HS. If only to be in-your-face counterexamples for too-optimistic children & families - who really want to be
by bell-cot 1y ago
Hopefully a few of 'em can transition to teaching HS. If only to be in-your-face counterexamples for too-optimistic children & families - who really want to believe that "computers" is some magic cornucopia of endless high-paying jobs.
- dagw 1y agowho really want to believe that "computers" is some magic cornucopia of endless high-paying jobs Do those people still exist in any significant number? 10 years ago every teenager wanted to get into programming, now I hardly see any. The only one of my teenage kids' friends who shows any interest in studying CS at university or working as a programmer is a bonafide computer nerd.
- drweevil 1y agoThings really change fast, don't they? A couple of election cycles ago we were all being urged to put down our coal mining tools and Learn To Code™. And speaking of magic cornucopias, now politicians think that if everyone adopts AI, somehow, automagically, the economy will revive and flourish.
- bell-cot 1y agoYep. > ...now politicians think that... I'd say 's/think/claim/'. 95% of 'em probably know that it's total BS. But also know that telling voters E-Z Quick Fix Happy Lies is the only way to get elected.