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Re:Learning to code vs. learning to automate by lifeisstillgood on Sunday December 08, 2019 @03:51PM (#21738219)
> that turns everyone's problems into my problem

I see software as a new form of literacy, and this argument is, for me, a clincher.

Imagine a world where, you were the reader/writer in the company. And if there was a problem with the letters sent from head office, then because you are the reader/writer guy who does all the writing the problems are all yours

Yes, that is correct, as the only reader writer they are your problems. but the wider problem is why are you the only one?

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Re:Learning to code vs. learning to automate by sean2 on Sunday December 08, 2019 @07:17PM (#21739477)
True, but software is only one such department that this reasoning works for. Legal, Public Relations, Accounting, HR, facilities, etc, are examples of other departments that need specialists for fields that everyone really ought to get some literacy in.

If you're head of human resources at your company, any human resource problem the company has, is your problem, because you're the human resources guy.

To be fair, most of those departments demand certification to participate in, but if everyone was able to make spot fixes to the companies software, then I'd start demanding that only certified software people be allowed to touch our git repo.

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