Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
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Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
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Re: Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
#2Not sure what throwing coal in a furnace has to do with the mental exertion required to be a programmer, but maybe the point of being persistent makes sense.
Re: Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
#3Not sure what throwing coal in a furnace has to do with the mental exertion required to be a programmer, but maybe the point of being persistent makes sense.
It is very insulting to expect that the experience of working in a factory or mining environment will translate at all as skills necessary for programming.
Re: Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
#4The very fact he used a bogus comparison should be self-disqualifying, like, what?!
Re: Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
#5Not sure what throwing coal in a furnace has to do with the mental exertion required to be a programmer, but maybe the point of being persistent makes sense.
It is very insulting to expect that the experience of working in a factory or mining environment will translate at all as skills necessary for programming.
It’s also very insulting to imply that all some group of people is likely doing all day is throwing heaps of coal into a furnace. Even most seemingly simple blue collar jobs are usually pretty detailed and complex in their own way.
Re: Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
#6Not sure what throwing coal in a furnace has to do with the mental exertion required to be a programmer, but maybe the point of being persistent makes sense.
It is very insulting to expect that the experience of working in a factory or mining environment will translate at all as skills necessary for programming.
It's very insulting to factory workers or miners to assume off the bat that they can't learn or acquire new skills.
Re: Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
#7Not sure what throwing coal in a furnace has to do with the mental exertion required to be a programmer, but maybe the point of being persistent makes sense.
Labor is interchangeable
Re: Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
#8The relevant question for a politician shouldn't be "Can they program?" but rather "Can they program in a way that produces enough value to a company per day to justify a wage that the person can live off?".
One limiting factor in that calculation might be not just the speed/skill of the programmer, but the number of companies with such positions available.
Re: Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
#9It's election time and things are getting crazier every day. The whole thing is a shit show and I am trying to ignore it.
Re: Biden announces, “Anyone that can throw coal in a furnace can program ”
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