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just because you benefited from the current system doesn't mean that everyone else can or even wants to. (just playing devils advocate). Things are going to c
by virtue3 12y ago
just because you benefited from the current system doesn't mean that everyone else can or even wants to. (just playing devils advocate).
Things are going to change very soon. I've yet to meet anyone in a currently stable industry that I couldn't replace with a robot in the next 20-30 years.
Hell, programming has gotten SO tremendously easy now that _almost_ anyone can do it. We're quickly approaching an age where learning how to code is the equivalent of knowing how to read.
So once we've automated everything. and everyone knows how to program things. Where do we go?
- xienze 12y agoSure, you can teach just about anyone to perform simple programming tasks but that doesn't mean they possess the knowledge, experience, and problem solving ability to actually be a competent programmer. The thing you're forgetting is that development involves a lot of abstract thinking and years of understanding how "A" fits into "B". People with basic knowledge of a programming language can bang out easily conceptualized tasks like plotting their car's monthly gas mileage but ask them to write a simple Twitter clone and you're likely to receive blank stares. A seasoned developer could knock that out in an afternoon though (not at real Twitter scale of course!) because they have years of experience knowing how dozens of loosely-related systems and libraries can be assembled to create the bigger picture. Saying that knowing how to "code" means anyone can create anything is like saying that anyone can paint the Mona Lisa given a canvas, paint, and a six week bootcamp session.
- ArkyBeagle 12y agoYou spend your time fixing bugs. You can teach that but it takes up to decades.