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Re:Now might be the best time to learn software development by Funes- on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @09:45AM (#44309845)
And the quality of what they develop is in the gutter, on average.
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Re:Now might be the best time to learn software development by jimbokun on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @10:55AM (#44310467)
It was in 1980, too.
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Re:Now might be the best time to learn software development by Funes- on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @11:49AM (#44310931)
Absolutely not, not to the same extent. That's a really illogical statement on your part, considering that the technical barrier to entry to even begin to think about developing a program in 1980 was much, much higher than what it's been for more than a decade now.
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