Chapter 45. Should I Learn to Code? – A Balanced Perspective on Programming

To start off this part of the book that covers all about what it takes to have a successful career as a developer, I'm going to talk about the question: should I learn to code?

This question was sparked by the controversial post on TechCrunch by Basel Farag (https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/10/please-dont-learn-to-code/), where he urges people to not learn coding. As the founder of Rails bootcamp you may think that my reaction would be to spout off a full list of all the reasons why everyone should learn how to code, because that's good for business, right?

However, I went through his post in detail and I also reviewed a slew of response posts that called for Basel's head, denouncing him as a modern-day heretic.

Should I learn to code? – a balanced look at both sides

After going through all the content around Basel Farag's argument, my belief is that both sides of the argument...