Not Everyone Should Code

It’s become popular to encourage anyone and everyone to code. But there simply won’t be unlimited demand for the skill, nor will everyone actually enjoy it.

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Credits
Music is Sunrise Drive, South London HiFi

[devanshkamdar]

I smelled Skillshare from a mile away.

[damonjones]

*Weird bug in code*
Me: Right, guess I'll try look for that...
*Half an hour passes*
Me: OHHHH, I wrote a 2 instead of a 4...

[Edu]

coding is basically:

> stackoverflow;
> trying to find the error on line 32;
> stackoverflow;
> dealing with MS office BS when trying to present your product to the customer;
> stackoverflow;
> indian youtuber showing the error you're trying to solve;
> stackoverflow;

[davidnelli]

"Everyone should code!"
- Tech companies that know that more programmers means lower wages

"Not everyone should code!"
- The programmer who knows that less programmers means higher wages

[harrywang]

Everyone wants to be a programmer until they have to program

[sergei]

That moment when you realize that the whole video was just an ad for Skillshare.

[kishenxpatel]

programming in movies: *I JUST BREACHED THE MOST SECURE FIREWALL AND HACKED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE BANK AND CRASHED THE STOCK MARKET AND BLEW UP THE ISS*

programming in real life: oh i forgot to close my for loop

[MLGaeming]

Programming is like cooking. Not everybody should be a chef, but basic cooking skills are incredibly useful in life, and it's the same for basic scripting and programming.

[mohamedmusamustafa]

roses are red;
violets are blue
i forgot a semi-colon;
on line number 2;

[Rabbitsliver]

"Coding" can be everyone's basic skill. "Programming"? Good luck coping with that.


You know how to speak English but writing a good book is not an easy job.

[matthiasbeeler]

Do you know what our teacher calls "computer science"? Microsoft word and excel🤦‍♂️😂

[ianunderwood]

As a programmer myself, I'm in favor of schools teaching basic programming skills as a mandatory course, but not so that everybody can become a programmer. Rather, I think that so much of our world is run on code that it's important to "demystify" it.

[smellingguy]

We all love programming until we hit that bug we can't figure out, that's when I start contemplating switching majors to art.

[getpriyanka]

If you throw a stone in India it is more likely to hit a software engineer than any normal person

[darkbrick]

Like seriously i made a skillshare joke 2 years ago and people STILL argue here wth is wrong with you guys

[alikoteich]

Not everyone should code

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Wait what...

[elinfelicia]

Me while coding: omg this is so complicated I wanna quit.
Also me when I finished a simple program: PSH this is so EASY I can do this ALL DAY

[residentevillife]

i feel jealous of those elementary kids learning about coding in school, reminds me of how older people told me they felt about not knowing how to use a computer

[tylerlv]

Programming also teaches patience, when you can’t solve a problem you go through multiple possible solutions, which can take hours.

[Kauzeyy]

Don’t learn to code so I can get a job with less competition, thank you