I don't care about the politics, but...
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Replying to @nouswaves
Why is everybody so sure that everybody can learn to code in a year? Sounds like a sales pitch to me.
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Replying to @nouswaves
Just a few years ago many interviewees could barely write FizzBuzz. Now it's revealed to be so simple that it can be picked up in hours.
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Replying to @nouswaves
What other profession has to deal with being treated like their job could be picked up in so little time? That it's so easy?
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua just ask any good plumber/electrician/doctor…. :-p1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sandfoxthat
@sandfoxuk The first two, yes. But not the latter. Latter has status.
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua maybe it would be worth comparing civil/EE/mech engineering with coding? Is status the difference there?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sandfoxthat
@sandfoxuk Oh, it's similar I think. Might be better though. I think they've professionalised there.
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua there is something cargo-cultish about this fascination with learning to code, it completely misses the point of what makes “tech”1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sandfoxthat
@sandfoxuk Yeah, it's the same thing that you were talking about last week.
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@sandfoxuk It's this Silicon Valley'esque hacker mindset which is economically/intellectually profitable, not the process.
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