Journos Meltdown After Being Told 'Learn To Code' In Wake Of Mass Layoffs At HuffPo, Buzzfeed

InformationLiberation ^ | Jan. 24, 2019 | Chris Menahan

[Army Air Corps]

There is a finite group of people who can be happy as a coder. If you don’t like it, you will HATE it

This is quite true, especially when one considers that code cares not a whit about one's "feels." Perhaps these Journalists can take to panhandling. That line of work allows for a lot of human interaction and is a very "outdoorsy" profession. The sticking point is that panhandling IS performance-based, so they may be s**t outta luck.

[VRWCarea51]

Who is their right mind would seek a PhD in romantic Comedies?

Really, seriously W T F?

I hope she has 20 years left on her student loan.
It should hurt to be that stupid.

[DUMBGRUNT]

“One of the most FUN threads I’ve read in years!!”

Layback and feel the schadenfreude!

[Army Air Corps]

Who is their right mind would seek a PhD in romantic Comedies?

The larger question is what educational institution would grant such a worthless piece of paper?

[AppyPappy]

I can’t wait to see the resumes on LinkedIn

“Almost got Trump impeached”.

[AppyPappy]

It’s not worthless if you want to be an English professor. You won’t get paid very much and you will probably get paid by the class.

[central_va]

I write software and neither love it or hate it. I look at it a mental blue collar work that is in demand. Does a plumber love sweating pipe? He doesn’t have to love it to be a successful plumber. Is there joy in getting a program to work? Yes, the feeling lasts about a minute.

[Heart of Georgia]

Just a guess, but I’m thinking the ‘culture/gender/politics reporter’ would be one who writes meaningless stuff about how 97% of the population are a bunch of big meanies.

If the Dimbulb leftists at HuffPo have no use for these people ...where do these ‘educated journalists’ look for employment?

And that twitter post to that person from Politically_Incorrect is absolutely hilarious!

[Heart of Georgia]

What on earth is a ‘latinx voice’?

[marktwain]

The difference is that many newspapers let you know outright where their partisan loyalties were (there was an editorial declaration that a newspaper was aligned with one party or another).

Yes. For most of the history of the Republic, most media was openly partisan.

Only during the Progressive era did the media pretend to be objective.

We are moving back to the healthier partisan media.

[Lazamataz]

I write software and neither love it or hate it. I look at it a mental blue collar work that is in demand. Does a plumber love sweating pipe? He doesn’t have to love it to be a successful plumber. Is there joy in getting a program to work? Yes, the feeling lasts about a minute.

Then you are one of the Drones.

Me, I *LOVE* it.

I love solving puzzles.

AND THEY PAY ME FOR IT!

[Army Air Corps]

Her degree is, supposedly, narrowly focused on Romantic Comedies. Not exactly a demanding field that commands respect in academia (Yes, even in the Ivory Tower, her Ph.D. is akin to being something that you find in a box of Cracker Jacks).

[Lazamataz]

Learn to code.

[dfwgator]

Would you want to be stuck having to debug code these yahoos write?

[central_va]

I don’t get emotional about earning a living. I get emotional about family, friends and things that are more important.

[Army Air Corps]

Correct, and I completely agree with your final statement.

[Lazamataz]

I don’t get emotional about earning a living. I get emotional about family, friends and things that are more important.

My code is my family. My HLD/LLD/PAD/LAD designs are my friends.

I'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about it.

[Lazamataz]

Would you want to be stuck having to debug code these yahoos write?

ABSOLUTELY.

Of course, there is the pay-offset of +150% I will need to apply.

[dfwgator]

Maybe I’ll hire one of them to “write me a new Mini-Van”.

[spudville]

“You didn’t build that!”