[filmgirlcw]

Is that remark necessary?

Honestly, the classicist/entitled bullshit about what we (technologists) do is completely unearned. What most of us do isn’t special and the gate-keeping many people in this industry do to prevent others from entering this industry (and I’m guilty of it too at times) is unearned.

I’m glad Amazon is doing things like this. I’m glad programs are encouraging coal miners to learn a new skill.

Programming wasn’t always seen as white collar work.

[mulmen]

I have a pretty good tech job, my title includes the word “engineer” but I don’t think that is deserved. My coworkers seem to view this as a prestigious position but I’m not convinced.

From my perspective this not much different than building pickups in Detroit in the 60s. I bet that seemed like a pretty awesome job back in the glory days.

In reality most technologists are in manufacturing and we will eventually be replaced by robots.

[filmgirlcw]

Amen.

[jgmjgm]

I agree. There was a time it was normal for an organization to invest in its employees. Perhaps it's cheaper to externalize the costs of retraining for smaller firms. But perhaps for larger employers it is starting to make economic sense. I hope this becomes a real trend.