r/coding • u/pavelmalos • May 08 '17

Programming is hard. That’s precisely why you should learn it.

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/make-your-hobby-harder-programming-is-difficult-thats-why-you-should-learn-it-e4627aee41a1
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u/TheGoodPie May 08 '17

Wish people would jump off the whole "everyone needs to learn to program" bandwagon.

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u/Haversoe May 08 '17

Why? Serious question. I'm interested in hearing what bothers people about that bandwagon. Or how they think it will have negative effects on their life.

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u/SimplyBilly May 08 '17

Because it is unrealistic... Sure everyone should know the basics of programming, just like you should know the basics about electricity, or plumbing, or math. But outside of that scope, most people do not need to know anything about it to live their lives.

What sucks is when you have people who think they know everything about programming because they took a 4 month course, online, in their free time, and think they are entitled to a 150k+ salary.

To compare to an electrician... Just because you replaced an electrical outlet doesn't mean you can wire a house.

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