There seem to be two popular but contradictory views on HN. The first is that technology is creating a rift between those who know how to program, where jobs a

There seem to be two popular but contradictory views on HN. The first is that technology is creating a rift between those who know how to program, where jobs are being created, and those who don't, where jobs are being destroyed. The second is that high programmer wages are a good thing, and that attempts to flood the market with programmers, e.g. by teaching everyone to code, are an attack on the middle class.