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As a chick thinking about a career change towards programming, I find this very interesting...

• eru 13y ago
  Go for it. In the worst case, you have a secret weapon in whatever other non-coding career you are pursuing.
  • psbp 13y ago
    Not according to a majority of commenters in the Obama coding thread.
    • Lizzardhisss 13y ago
      Well, I'm in the gaming industry right now, so at the very least learning how to code could just fill out my skill set. I think there is a difference between pushing something like coding vs teaching or nursing. Yes, in many cases pushing people to enter those fields where there was a deficit at the time will flood them with applicants later on. However, we aren't really building many more schools or hospitals. But more and more companies need people who can code. And more and professions rely on, or at least benefit from knowing how to code. Years ago animation had nothing to do with coding, but now knowing python or action script is almost required.
      • eru 13y ago
        Any profession that teaches computing can benefit from some coding skills. (And similarly, any profession where you ever produce some written words can benefit from learning how to write well.)
        • eru 13y ago
          'teaches' -> 'touches'.