/technologies/businessofengineering/b/blog/posts/to-code-or-not-to-code-that-is-the-question---to-better-your-careerAlthough most industry experts recommend every professional learn coding to become more diverse in the marketplace, it might not be worth it. Learning to code is exceptionally difficult, and eventually, may become obsolete. Coding has cer...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/businessofengineering/b/blog/posts/to-code-or-not-to-code-that-is-the-question---to-better-your-careerMon, 04 Apr 2016 07:49:40 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fb0fb5b8-422d-444d-9520-774776b01851PEarle0<p>I thoroughly recommend Code Academy - when I started using JavaScript in earnest three years ago, it was a real quick start route to developing - although I should add that I already had considerable experience in other languages.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As afar as the on-going debate regarding whether or not non-developers need to learn to code, it would be good if there was a general increase in language-awareness amongst non-technical colleagues who work with developers. This might, for example, reduce the instances where illogical resourcing decisions are made - a classic one being that a team of web developers are all interchangeable, irrespective of whether they use .Net or JavaScript because &quot;its just front end development&quot;. Not that I am bitter of course ....</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1291&AppID=96&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/businessofengineering/b/blog/posts/to-code-or-not-to-code-that-is-the-question---to-better-your-careerFri, 01 Apr 2016 23:25:53 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fb0fb5b8-422d-444d-9520-774776b01851clem570<blockquote class="jive-quote"><span>Learning to code is exceptionally difficult, and eventually, may become obsolete. </span></blockquote><p>It is difficult, because we try to teach it like foreign language<span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-fb0fb5b8-422d-444d-9520-774776b01851/contentimage_5F00_403.png:16:16]</span>. It needs to be taught with critical thinking skills that happens to use word and symbols. Next, as to be obsolete in the future, I have been hearing that computers will program themselves within x years (pick a number since everyone has a favorite). After 35 plus years in the business of programming, we are still not there with no light down the dark tunnel. <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-fb0fb5b8-422d-444d-9520-774776b01851/contentimage_5F00_938.png:16:16]</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Clem</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1291&AppID=96&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">