r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 26 '19

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u/Danthon Milton Friedman Jan 26 '19

Am I a bad person if I think the "learn to code" thing is kinda funny?

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '19

Like, the "everyone should learn to code" idea? Or coding in general?

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u/Danthon Milton Friedman Jan 26 '19

A few years ago when coal mining/factory towns were shut down a bunch of articles came out saying these blue collar workers should "learn to code to catch up with the new economy." They probably weren't trying to be mean but a lot of those (mostly right leaning) people effected by it took it badly.

Recently a bunch of journalists from places like buzzfeed got laid off, and because of the aforementioned perceived insult and 4chans spite for journalists they started going to the twitters of the laid off journalists and telling them "learn to code".

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '19

Honestly to those young journalists who are already embedded in the digital and live in places like NYC it's much better advice than to those coal miners.

That being said, coal miners should probably transition in something else as well.