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Re:The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars by klingonopera on Saturday October 05, 2019 @04:31PM (#21167754)
Because most people on this forum live in a bubble when it comes to computer literacy and the average population is really, really bad at it, you won't get them into coding when they're already failing at tasks you'd need for a basic white-collar job.

Telling blue-collar workers to learn to code is in their analogy like telling them to be rocket-scientists. If they could, they probably wouldn't be blue-collar in the first place.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21037674

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Re:The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars by war1025 on Saturday October 05, 2019 @05:30PM (#21168087)
As a bit of a corollary, there are things that blue-collar workers take as absolutely basic "common knowledge" that would not be at all intuitive to people in the tech scene.

It's all about what you've been exposed to.

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Re:The GM strike is really about the switch to electric cars by MuffinFlavored on Saturday October 05, 2019 @06:32PM (#21168414)
> for a basic white-collar job.

What are some basic white-collar jobs other than "go to meetings" and "Excel"?

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