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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by ta1234567890 on Monday June 21, 2021 @08:10PM (#27586266)
> Low/no code drag-and-drop style programming tools would take away many dev jobs

When I was a kid my dad refused to teach me to program, he thought it would be a useless skill to learn because he believed in the future there would be no more programmers, as everyone would be able to program anything they wanted through drag and drop interfaces.

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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by derwiki on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:39AM (#27590895)
Was your dad a programmer?
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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by ta1234567890 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:28AM (#27592067)
He was an electrical engineer who loves computers and programming, although he didnt do software development for a living.
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