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date: '2017-02-12'
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title: The next big blue collar job is coding
tags: ['development']
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**[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/2017/02/programming-is-the-new-blue-collar-job/)**

> Politicians routinely bemoan the loss of good blue-collar jobs. Work like that is correctly seen as a pillar of civil middle-class society. And it may yet be again. What if the next big blue-collar job category is already here—and it's programming?<!-- excerpt -->

I couldn't agree more with this article. There are ranges in every profession, but development is filled with rich opportunities that more people could benefit from with the proper support.
