Should the recently laid off Buzzfeed employees learn how to code?

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lili

And what makes you think they'd be any good at it? Journalism is very different than programming.

Gryphyn39

Buzzfeed employees deserve to be laid off or fired. Should they learn to code? Who cares what they do as long as it has nothing to do with media.

BMCR

And what makes you think they'd be any good at it? Journalism is very different than programming.

Joshua

Everyone should how to code. It’s where the future job market is going. Soon ALL Reporting is just going to be news clips generated by algorithms...As is middle management in offices is being replaced by computers systems who make company decisions....If you drive a truck, cab or Uber for a living, automations coming for your job as is factory work. Since the 1980’s Over 70% of all manufacturing jobs have been replaced by robotics Learn to code. Your future employment depends on it

Anonymous

and Verizon Media Group – the owner of HuffPost, Yahoo, and AOL – said it would sack about 800 employees