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Big Tech Told Kids to Code. The Jobs Didn’t Follow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0VA.GpDO.FmTTMzKkRYXj
www.nytimes.comGoodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle. (Gift Article)As companies like Amazon and Microsoft lay off workers and embrace A.I. coding tools, computer science graduates say they’re struggling to land tech jobs.Replying to @Zaelaa@lemmy.zip
That is what the democrats told people who lost their jobs to closed coal mines and closed manufacturing plants.
Replying to @Amoxtli@thelemmy.club
Democrats didn’t close the manufacturing plants. Capitalists did.
Replying to @ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Biden tells coal miners to “learn to code” – The Hill | thehill.com/…/476391-biden-tells-coal-miners-to-l…
The HillBiden tells coal miners to “learn to code”The 2020 presidential hopeful advises coal miners to move into new industries — but it’s not that simple.Replying to @Amoxtli@thelemmy.club
I know, that’s why I said “manufacturing plants” and not “coal mines”.
Replying to @ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Capitalists closed the coal mines too.
Modern day mining techniques require a small fraction of the manual labor they used to: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining
(Of course they also probably ruin the environment, but nobody seems to give a shit about that.)
en.wikipedia.orgMountaintop removal mining - WikipediaReplying to @aesthelete@lemmy.world
I would argue that in many places closing coal mines was the policy and governments did pass laws to speed up the process. Not really the case with manufacturing plants.
Replying to @ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Closing coal mines is probably good policy anyway. Coal mines suck it.