If you can be productive with excel, you can get value from learning to code 2/
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There's a wide gulf between "I can use programming to automate some repetitive tasks" and "I work on the Linux kernel" 3/
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And that's OK. As a person who struggled for a year in programming, I don't like seeding people with the idea that struggle = no aptitude 4/
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I've also helped a ton of people get enough programming skills to do their job better. You can never predict the point where they'll stop 5/
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Again, if someone knows enough excel to improve their productivity, there's a very good chance learning to code will help them. 6/
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Just because someone doesn't have a Ph.D in English doesn't mean we discourage them from learning writing skills. 7/
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TLDR scripting languages have a nice "onboarding to productivity" curve. We should encourage more people to take the journey. 8/8
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@wycats Hm - he seems to be saying coding bootcamps are selling a false bill of goods. He makes a good argument - honestly not sure if true -
@AdamRackis I'm very sure it's not true. I know too many amazing programmers who came out of@turingschool and@FlatironSchool -
@AdamRackis the best interviews I've done so far for the open@tildeio position have been boot camp grads. -
@wycats I'm honestly glad to hear that. Really starting to despise academia. Hope these boot camps can really start to make a dent.
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@ag_dubs indeed. That made me so fucking mad. -
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@wycats I feel is more 'if you're only taking first aid courses you wont be able to work as an MD' -
@mrjackinc more like "if you're only taking first aid courses you will never be able to work as an MD"
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