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> the HN logic applies-- hey man, most businesses fail. So why not just learn some python and code up some nice fintech that extracts value from other rubes?

I haven't really seen this here. Is there any need to perpetuate such silly stereotypes?

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Right, I would more ascribe that viewpoint to some journos on Twitter. I think if that viewpoint is referenced on HN, it is done so derisively.

It was a big thing ten years ago - why not learn to code if your job has gone overseas? At the point Mayor Bloomberg tweeted something about learning to code, it seems Jeff Atwood felt it was time to weigh in[0].

[0] https://blog.codinghorror.com/please-dont-learn-to-code

I think the point is that it wasn’t big on HN.

I was saying it wasn't just some "journos on Twitter".

Fair.

Saying "learn to code" is different from "oh, you got laid off of your trucking job? Learn to code"

It is, but it was the latter that was being said, IIRC.

But not by Bloomberg. He was saying a version of "Everyone should know how to code!"

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