▲ 267 ▼ Big Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow. (www.nytimes.com) submitted 3 months ago by Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] guitarfosec@infosec.pub 17 points 3 months ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) They should know a little bit about coding. Not to become Devs, but just so they have an understanding of what it is and about how it makes the world work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago Hard disagree. Everyone should learn basic logic and how to do simple automations on the computer. It really is basic computer literacy. And conputers are a near and increasingly more so constant in every part of the economy. Specialing in software engineering isnt needed, the same way everyone should basics about food and nutrition but not every needs to be a cheif. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf 3 points 3 months ago Well, writing bash scripts is sometimes useful in everyday live. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) They should know a little bit about coding. Not to become Devs, but just so they have an understanding of what it is and about how it makes the world work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago Hard disagree. Everyone should learn basic logic and how to do simple automations on the computer. It really is basic computer literacy. And conputers are a near and increasingly more so constant in every part of the economy. Specialing in software engineering isnt needed, the same way everyone should basics about food and nutrition but not every needs to be a cheif. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf 3 points 3 months ago Well, writing bash scripts is sometimes useful in everyday live. permalink fedilink source parent