Why is everyone learning programming? I mean what can you do

>>59436518
They're too dumb to do pure math and become a quant.

Instead they do menial programming tasks that can be done by poo in loos.

>>59436518
>Why is everyone learning programming?
Are they?
>I mean what can you do with it if you aren't working for a corporation?
I've written several programs for personal use, that automate a lot of the shit I do.
>Everything is either out there online in an existing library or can be outsourced to India for pennies.
That's not true.

Also, programming in itself is fun.

>>59436518
>Why is everyone learning stuff? I mean what can you do with it if you aren't working for a corporation? Everything is either out there online in an existing library or can be outsourced to India for pennies.

Serious question.

Been programming 38 years. I used that skill to rebuild the shit website for London's awful Bus countdown service to my own preferences.

I now know when the bus is due in 1/10th the time as the formal website, and 1/300th the cost in bandwidth

>>59436555
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also kids are stupid and easily coaxed into making stupid decisions
like paying out the ass for a diploma that's utterly worthless in the real world.

>>59436684
Is a phd in CS from mit useless in the real world?

>>59436518
>why is everyone learning programming?
That reeks of confirmation bias.

>>59436706
>CS

Is meme tier. CE is far more worthwhile