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Well, Apparently This Guy Is A Very Bad Programmer

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AI Programming

5 months ago 305,082 views 1 shares

Well, Apparently This Guy Is A Very Bad Programmer

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The classic tale of telling someone to "learn to code" when their industry collapses, only to have it spectacularly backfire a decade later. In 2014, some smug tech bro sees a factory worker lamenting their shutdown plant and suggests coding as the magical solution to all life's problems. Fast forward to 2024, and that same person is having an absolute meltdown because AI just automated away their programming job. The irony is *chef's kiss*.

The real kicker? The factory worker pivoted to welding and is now probably making bank while our former programmer is spiraling. Turns out physical trades that require hands-on skills are way harder to automate than pushing pixels around. Who would've thought that condescending career advice would age like milk in the sun?

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