Current Events > Why does it feel like everyone's a programmer these days

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You meet someone new and they're a programmer

Friend gets into a relationship - with a programmer

People you already knew somehow are now programmers

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I am a cyber ninja elite hacking unicorn in HTML
I know how to make your website the number one rank!
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I'm not a programmer.

But my job (banking consultant) requires me to have some basic understanding of logic/coding and systems architecture.

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It's incredibly lucrative if you're good at it, duh

You're designing, through code, a product that your company can sell directly to consumers. If you know how to code well enough... then you're directly generating money for the company with your skills... and your skills are incredibly in demand.
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REMercsChamp posted...

Friend gets into a relationship - with a programmer

nice try, programmers are often incels

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REMercsChamp posted...

You meet someone new and they're a programmer

Friend gets into a relationship - with a programmer

People you already knew somehow are now programmers

because today's society is fucked up and it's one of the only jobs left.

Reporter? Writer? French/Spanish/Italian teacher? Shoe fixer? Leather worker? Freelance carpenter? etc etc etc. Those jobs are few and far between. Our ancestors did this sort of stuff but now it's gone.

Coastal_elite posted...

because today's society is fucked up and it's one of the only jobs left.

Reporter? Writer? French/Spanish/Italian teacher? Shoe fixer? Leather worker? Freelance carpenter? etc etc etc. Those jobs are few and far between. Our ancestors did this sort of stuff but now it's gone.

You have a point. A lot of these people have degrees in random shit then they learned how to code so they could actually get a job

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HairyThotter posted...

It's incredibly lucrative if you're good at it, duh

You're designing, through code, a product that your company can sell directly to consumers. If you know how to code well enough... then you're directly generating money for the company with your skills... and your skills are incredibly in demand.

I don't think programmers get paid that well despite being so fundamental to the core development of a product. It's also one of those jobs where there's plenty of competition both locally and offshore.

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