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Being a programmer in the modern age is like being a wizard, and it's no surprise that other wizards are concerned that people might learn their magic. I'd lov
by tfgg 12y ago
Being a programmer in the modern age is like being a wizard, and it's no surprise that other wizards are concerned that people might learn their magic.
I'd love it if everyone could program, it'd make my life a lot easier and I could do something else interesting.
Also if your job is easy enough to be done by a schoolchild after minimal training, I'm not sure you deserve it.
- mherkender 12y agoI agree. It's bound to fail for one thing -- nobody's gonna get blackballed in the programming industry for being too open about programming fundamentals. Worse yet, controlling information to secure your position is a special kind of evil. Do you respect lawyers who make the world more litigative and themselves more valuable? Do you respect doctors/police officers/etc that protect others in their profession at the expense of the people they hurt? That's the world one builds when they hide that kind of information, one where professions aren't equally accountable.
- dropit_sphere 12y agoWhile I share your wishes that more people would learn to program, this quote rubbed me the wrong way: "Also if your job is easy enough to be done by a schoolchild after minimal training, I'm not sure you deserve it." The question is not whether the job can done by a schoolchild with minimal training. The question is: Does your boss think that it can be done by a schoolchild with minimal training? I don't have a solution. I don't want to see a license for programming or anything ridiculous---(although perhaps a license to manage programmers...), but there is a real problem here.