You don’t need to learn to code + other truths about the future of careers
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There’s a reason most “conventional” career advice sucks: the world is changing at a rapid clip. When well-meaning mentors give advice based on their experiences decades ago, it’s kind of like teaching someone how to drive using a horse and buggy.
"Don’t learn to code, learn how to work with technology."
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There’s a reason most “conventional” career advice sucks: the world is changing at a rapid clip. When well-meaning mentors give advice based on their experiences decades ago, it’s kind of like teaching someone how to drive using a horse and buggy.
"Don’t learn to code, learn how to work with technology."
99U wrote:
where everything is measured, tracked, and ranked.
Not everything. Some of us will flat out deny partaking in such a society. The economy has already shown that lots of statistics are a lie. We already know how PageViews are bougth, that the system is rigged.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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There’s a reason most “conventional” career advice sucks: the world is changing at a rapid clip. When well-meaning mentors give advice based on their experiences decades ago, it’s kind of like teaching someone how to drive using a horse and buggy.
"Don’t learn to code, learn how to work with technology."
People give bad advice, so buy my book and listen to my advice. It's different!
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There’s a reason most “conventional” career advice sucks: the world is changing at a rapid clip. When well-meaning mentors give advice based on their experiences decades ago, it’s kind of like teaching someone how to drive using a horse and buggy.
"Don’t learn to code, learn how to work with technology."
I love this idiots myopic view of what it means to write code. He seems to think that if you learn to write code that's all you're good for. He makes no mention that the ability to write code is a "soft skill" applicable in many many facets of the IT world as well as to just normal users of computers.
A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave Kreskowiak -
I love this idiots myopic view of what it means to write code. He seems to think that if you learn to write code that's all you're good for. He makes no mention that the ability to write code is a "soft skill" applicable in many many facets of the IT world as well as to just normal users of computers.
A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave KreskowiakDave Kreskowiak wrote:
He makes no mention that the ability to write code is a "soft skill" applicable in many many facets of the IT world as well as to just normal users of computers.
I like that view. I have to admit that I never thought of coding as a soft skill (didn't think the alternative either, though). It is a great, and true, view though. I initially posted that article due to his pushing the other soft skills (well, that and this week is a horribly slow news time for some reason), but now I see more of a reason.
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I love this idiots myopic view of what it means to write code. He seems to think that if you learn to write code that's all you're good for. He makes no mention that the ability to write code is a "soft skill" applicable in many many facets of the IT world as well as to just normal users of computers.
A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave KreskowiakYeah, I wish I had known that when my father taught me how to perform an oil change and tune up an engine that I'd only be elegible to become an auto mechanic instead of wasting the last twenty years as a software developer. :rolleyes:
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People give bad advice, so buy my book and listen to my advice. It's different!
DING! DING! DING! DING! We have a winner *\o/* :)