[Freee-dame]

I keep seeing “learn to code” written in a mocking way. Is coding what used to be called programming? Do people get paid (paid well?) who know how to code?

[SPDSHDW]

Back in 2008ish WaPo told all the West Virginia coal miners getting laid off to “learn to code.”

[bIlluminati]

Lots of Indian H1-B programmers get paid much better than Indian programmers in India. Also lots of $100,000 programmers in San Francisco, where a studio apartment runs $3,600 per month. So, it depends on what your definition of well paid “is”.

[WakeUpAndVote]

It’s in the back story. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/learn-to-code

Go here for the read.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Back when manufacturing jobs were leaving the US the media used to say that the laid off workers should just "learn to code" and get new jobs in computers. They smugly declared that the lay offs were for the good. Getting rid of those smelly factories and those smelly blue collar people was progress.

They, of course ignore the fact that not every one can learn to code, not everyone wants to code and it takes time to learn. Not to mention that there is a limit to how many coding jobs there are.

So when reporters whine about how they are getting laid off they are mocked with "learn to code".

What goes around does indeed come around.