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"We've now reached a point where its [sic] so easy to learn how to code that people of all ages are doing it." Oh, please.

• Swizec 12y ago
  Coding is the easy part. Engineering is the hard part. After all, even though 90%+ of the population can read and write, few are writers.
  • ownagefool 12y ago
    Depends what you categorise as writing. Sure, few of us are successful authors or journalists, but many solicitors, doctors and business people are probably largely authors of works in their own right. It just generally doesn't pay to be a writer for writings sake. On the other hand very few people outwith programmers would benefit from that level of programming ability, nevermind that many would argue very few programmers should actually categorize themselves as engineers.
    • Swizec 12y ago
      Essentially we agree, most people should use coding as a tool for their job, few people should code as their job.