>everyone should learn to program Why? I'm not a professional

>>57049985
coding is retarded desu

>have a car
>"why should i learn to drive?"

>>57050037
more like

>have chauffeur
>why should learn to drive?
the answer is, you shouldn't

>>57050050
>buy car
>pay someone else to use it

Well, aren't you a literal cuck?

faggots want to lower salaries.

>>57050021
>coding
>desu
Come on, you're doing the work for me.

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>>57050037

>have a burger
>"why should I care what the ingredients are?"

>>57049985
I wouldn't say everyone should learn to program, but I know it would benefit people in STEM to learn programming, even if they're not doing computer related things. E.g., a number theorist can write a small program to identify numbers in a certain sequence and check which other properties they may have, an engineer could edit an open source (ok, I admit this one is a long shot) program they use in order to add a feature that will make their life easier, etc. But yes, if you don't need it, and would obtain no benefit/enjoyment from it, I don't see why you should learn how to program.

>>57049985
it's a meme. insightful article: https://blog.codinghorror.com/separating-programming-sheep-from-non-programming-goats/

the only reasons someone should learn to program is
1) they're interested in it as a hobby
2) they encounter or anticipate encountering situations needing it
or 3) they want to make a career out of it

number 2 will never be a real need for the majority of people, because most people aren't suited for programming because of its unfriendly nature. so programmers make user friendly alternatives

>>57050059
yeah I bet you've programmed every piece of software you use, bitch

>>57049985
All they care about is oversaturating the market to lower the pay programmers are to receive. When someone says this it just means they want to drive wages down.

It will happen eventually too.

>>57050037
>buy a car
>"why should i learn how to make a car?"

>>57051752
Anything a neuro-biologist could use?

>>57049985
>Why
Why not?

>>57052318
why why not?

>>57051769
What if I want to be a cool cyberpunk hacker

Should I learn to program?

>>57052328
Because why wouldn't you learn a programming. Can't hurt, and it makes you think more logically. I think everyone could use a bit more of that tbqh.

Now explain why people shouldn't.

>>57052382
>why wouldn't
Maybe he has other shit to do?
We're not all NEETs

I think its useful enough that everyone should at least have some exposure in their schooling years. To at least make it seem like it's not black magic. It's a helpful problem solving tool that's good to know is available.

>>57052382
because you have a life?

>education/work
>lifting
>social life
>hobbies
I mean come on dude...

>>57052393
>>57052402
Then this applies to people with spare time on their hands.

>>57049985
>work in technology
>I can build computers for vidya gaymen so I m smrt!
>don't know at least a shell scripting language to automate tasks in a server environment
>forever some low wage tech support peon who works in fear pajeet will take his job or best buy geek squad

summary of /g/ in a nutshell

By trying to make it into a social norm, they can look down on others for teaching themselves extremely simple examples of logic.

>>57051769
With that mindset might as well get rid of science and history classes in schools.

>>57052400
I'm actually surprised programming has not been integrated into maths and science classes by current year.

>>57052405
Because not everyone is interested.
>son I know you were learning to play the cello but an anonymous poster on my favorite gay porn site came up with compelling reasons for you to learn to program

>>57052108
Is this neuro-biologist doing research? Because, if so, R would be a perfect example of a language they should learn. They'd probably want to pick up a scripting language to go along with it too.

>>57049985
>everybody should learn how to write
Why? I'm not a professional writer or something

It's kind of like how you should have a basic understanding of how physics works.

By understanding how programs work on the internal level, you can obtain a better sense of how to use your computer.

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>>57049985
Programming gives Freedom.

>>57049985
So programmers can be paid less wages.