The Coders of Kentucky
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The Coders of Kentucky
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#2I hope programs like this work and continue to help out my fellow Kentuckians. Beyond coal, factory, or retail jobs the opportunities for work in eastern kentucky and appalachia in general is bleak.
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#3As someone who has worked with bootcampers that didn’t know how to code before the bootcamp, I do not understand at all how they get jobs.
My only theory is that the companies hiring them don’t understand the concept of negative work.
Edit: as the downvotes start coming in from the bootcamp students.
Edit again: as the flags start coming in from the bootcamp students.
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#4It's an inspiring story about jobs in middle America. But can places like Kentucky really compete with outsourcing hubs like India or Eastern Europe?
I think it comes down to access to education. Coastal US businesses would be happy to "outsource" work to these areas if these skillsets were widely available there. Perhaps, trade schools and coding bootcamps like the one in this article will be enough to bring these jobs.
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#5I think the author is making a mistake by assuming the biggest potential benefit would be the coders taking jobs with "tech companies" in Kentucky. Coders working outside of technology companies can still provide significant added value. Smaller, non-tech companies frequently see enormous productivity benefits by building simple building CRUD applications with a small amount of custom business logic.
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#6As someone who has worked with bootcampers that didn’t know how to code before the bootcamp, I do not understand at all how they get jobs. My only theory is that the companies hiring them don’t understand the concept of negative work. Edit: as the downvotes start coming in from the bootcamp students. Edit again: as the flags start coming in from the bootcamp students.
Do you have any actual constructive criticism to go along with your sweeping generalization?
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#7At some point we should wonder what other strategies Silicon Valley has. The fact that coders are encouraged to work remotely is attractive to sustain these areas of the USA, but it hampers the formation of centres of specialisation and exchange with other fields: either these graduates stay and work remotely, disconnected from both local industry[1] and the tech hubs, or they move away and worsen the unemployment problem they were supposed to combat.
[1] Not to mention that coding websites and apps doesn't exactly make you an integral part of the economic tissue of Hueysville, KY, as opposed to the much-maligned coal jobs.
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#8As someone who has worked with bootcampers that didn’t know how to code before the bootcamp, I do not understand at all how they get jobs. My only theory is that the companies hiring them don’t understand the concept of negative work. Edit: as the downvotes start coming in from the bootcamp students. Edit again: as the flags start coming in from the bootcamp students.
Do you have any actual constructive criticism to go along with your sweeping generalization?
Yeah, companies should learn about negative work.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, companies should learn about negative work.
What is "negative work" in this context? It's not a common term.