--- date: '2017-02-12' title: 'The next big blue collar job is coding' description: "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." draft: false tags: ['development'] --- **[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 hereā€”and it's programming? 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.