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by pjc50 4080 days ago
most of us are pretty good at picking up new languages/technologies/frameworks/tools etc. in a pretty short amount of time

Isn't this the other way round? Because there isn't a reliable path to teaching programming to people who aren't self-motivated solo learners, that's the only kind of person who acquires the skills, and so when you look around a tech workplace that's the kind of person you see.