Yup! I was a part of the learn to code industry. I am proud of that, bc I know my worker helped a lot of marginalized people gain wealth and power (woo!). My own occupation, stats and econometrics, requires years of higher education to even begin (and decades to master), and yet ~ half of SWE were looking down on me, disrespecting me. To be clear, there were many who were not, but usually they were from some marginalized group: women, autistic, person of color, gay, person from a poor country, etc. I thought, why is my towering knowledge not being respected? Ah, the patriarchy combined with SWE. And then as time went on I just started using my knowledge for myself / those that know and that’s worked out well (bc it’s based on actually knowing math as opposed to relying on the patriarchy).

I think it’s possible the industry eventually figures out that statisticians and econometricians know far more than CS / SWEs (bc AI will tell people), but it could be a decade from now.

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orangecoffee 7 hours ago | parent [-]

You are making a wrong assumption that more knowlege leads to more comp, it never has or will.

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RA_Fisher 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I’d certainly not say it’s everything, look at all the highly-paid mediocre CEOs. Education has rigorously been shown to lead to higher incomes and wealth on average.

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orangecoffee 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Education is not knowledge either. Today market most directly pays for skilled work that increases revenue/profit. Correlation drops after that. It's a struggle I've been trying to reason for myself too.

	▲	RA_Fisher 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		True, but high-quality education, whether personal or formally, tends to produce high-quality knowledge. Yes, companies pay for what’s perceived to create revenue and profit (and yes, skills are a major factor in that).