Blue-collar Backlash: Are We Too Arrogant in IT?

Blue-collar Backlash: Are We Too Arrogant in IT?

By Mel McGee, Founder and CEO of We Can Code IT

Some things really get IT folks riled up.  One of them is a recent article in Wired claiming that coding is the next big blue collar job. While it sounds like a sign of hope and opportunity, it’s created a backlash amongst IT professionals — one that uncovers the “belly of the beast.” As an industry insider, I’ve heard this blue collar job idea unleash fears, assumptions and what sounds like territorial sandbox whining amongst software developers, as in “Here comes more crappy code” or “These guys won’t be experienced enough to do what I do.”

 

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