Is learning how to code a meme?

Is learning how to code a meme?
I know you guys often have shitty advices, like you recommand to learn a trade but tradies earn bad money, marry less, lives less happy and do shitty job. I know that, I'm one of them.
How life's going for the one of you who learnt programming, do you work as a programmer? Do you earn good money? Isn't to annoying? Is it really a good plan or is it an other neet idea that it will be very comfy when it's not?
Give some back up please.

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Worship mammon more you retard.

How do you even learn anyways?

I've been working 15+ years in this industry so I can spare some advice.
Yes, the money is good.
It can be good if you actually enjoy it. You must enjoy solving puzzles.

In recent years the industry has become shitty, though. It's increasingly the job of a digital plumber, assembling third-party libraries together, in systems that are increasingly complicated and retarded.
But experienced and competent developers can pick where they work, and avoid the worst types of jobs.

So basically it's too late if you weren't just entering the field over a decade ago?

I would not say it's too late but it's a bit of a weird industry.
For some people, like me, programming started as a hobby and will still be a hobby regardless. So I don't really have a problem doing it as a job, although obviously as a job you get the shitty parts more than the fun parts.

It's a bit of a sink or swim industry. There is no union or any form of protection, so as long as you can stay competitive you're fine.
I'm getting a bit old and rusty. I've got tons of experience and wisdom but it's not valued that well in this industry, because you can simply hire a bunch of graduates to rebuild all your systems from scratch. It will be full of bugs, but everything is full of bugs now and people seem to accept it, so I don't know.

pretty good advice by you can also do what zoomers are doing now. get a job at a help desk in some university or city/state job and work your way up. pros are that you will never be fired and do barely any real coding work. cons are you will be dealing with stupid enduser problems daily.

I'm a shitty coder but I have 15 years of IT and IT security specialist experience and training and certifications. My house is paid for, I work from home in sweat pants, I earn good money, I am married to a woman 10 years younger than me, and I have 3 sons. If I could code well I'd earn twice as much money but my life is super great regardless.

it's simple. if they tell you "learn to code" (or anything else) on tv (which they do these days), it's already too late to get into that field.
you'd better develop your trade instead.

Tradesman come to my house and work on projects I dream up or fix things while I sit in front of a computer in my home office earning 4x what I pay them per hour to fix my roof or whatever.