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But having the ability to code is like a super-power when your main job isn't being a programmer.
http://davebeer.com/posts/just-knowing-how-to-program-is-helpful/
I don't think we need more programmers either. But being able to program a little is like having yet another tool in your arsenal, which will make you more effective in almost any career.
Of course it'll mean even more VBA in Excel spreadsheets, so I'm not sure if that's a net positive or negative...
Please Don't Learn to Code
The whole "everyone should learn programming" meme has gotten so out of control that the mayor of New York City actually vowed to learn to code in 2012. A noble gesture to garner the NYC tech community vote, for sure, but if the mayor of New York City actually needs to sling JavaScript co...
I'd like to see the results if you changed typepad's sign-in to use something more like Stackoverflow's login, where you can see all the account providers at a glance, rather than using a select list, which defaults to typepad.
http://www.janrain.com/openid/casestudy-stackoverflow
Just a thought. :-)
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