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The rationale for this rapid curricular renovation is economic. Teaching kids how to code will help them land good jobs, the argument goes. In an era of flat and falling incomes, programming provides a new path to the middle class – a skill so widely demanded that anyone who acquires it can command a livable, even lucrative, wage.
This narrative pervades policymaking at every level, from school boards to the government. Yet it rests on a fundamentally flawed premise. Contrary to public perception, the economy doesn't actually need that many more programmers. As a result, teaching millions of kids to code won't make them all middle-class. Rather, it will proletarianize the profession by flooding the market and forcing wages down – and that's precisely the point.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday September 24 2017, @12:36PM
First, it's a piece of opinion, not something I saw proposed by a political figure of the present.
Second, it's based on the "there aren't enough jobs for coders". Which is debatable. In my mind, that's akin IBM's "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." of the old.
Software is not a material product, to say "the software market is saturated" is like to saying "music is in oversupply" or "there are simply too many painters in this world"
So, please somebody tell me, why is this on the "politics" nexus? Yes, I know humans are political animals and whatnot, but if we'd accept this as a justification, why not cram everything under "politics"? Why the "main page"/"techonomics" was not good enough, what's the specific difference that made this speculative opinion a "political" piece?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford