[HN Gopher] Why "Learn to code" Failed [PolyMatter] [video]
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Why "Learn to code" Failed [PolyMatter] [video]
Author : NoahZuniga
Score : 8 points
Date : 2025-04-27 21:21 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| NoahZuniga wrote:
| Learn to code has always seemed to me to be something pushed a
| lot by big tech, and for them the goal was to increase the supply
| of programmers. This happened, so it worked out for them. That
| many of these people don't put these skills to use doesn't matter
| for big tech.
| snitzr wrote:
| I found learning to code worthwhile even though I didn't go into
| tech. It helped me appreciate math and it helped me write little
| helpful programs for myself when needed.
| K0balt wrote:
| By and large, "learn to code" was never going to produce high
| value developers. Creative minds create, learn, find a way, with
| or without on-ramps. A dev that is brought into the craft for a
| career rather than for a fascination for the the tool is unlikely
| to do much more than LLM level work.
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| It was an effort by big tech to create low level "coders" and
| grunt workers to lower the bar and compensation for more valuable
| personnel.
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| That said, it was great for introducing people that were never
| going to be professional developers to a powerful productivity
| multiplier and cognitive toolkit.
| Spooky23 wrote:
| I always figured it was about nextgen excel/access type
| productivity work vs coding.
|
| Us elite 10x engineers turn our noses up, but random business
| users are building workflows and processes in stuff like
| PowerApps all day.
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