“Hey Curt, I’m a fan of your work. I’ve been following your facebook posts latel

—-“Hey Curt, I’m a fan of your work. I’ve been following your facebook posts lately, and I enjoy a lot of what you write. I see you talking about coding, and I was wondering if you think it’s recommended for someone like me (economics major) to learn coding and programming through self-study? I want to develop software for the financial sector or work on smart contracts. Or do you believe that it may be better for me to hire or partner with a software engineer or computer scientist to make this possible? Thank you in advance”—

I usually prefer to answer general rather than specific questions if for no other reason that I have a very hard time putting myself in the position of forecaster. I am pretty sure Cassandra should have been burned at the stake.

that said, if anyone asks me if they are capable of learning programming in addition to one of the STEM majors, whether they should, the answer will ALWAYS be yes. Economics and programming come very close to studying the ancient combination of politics and philosophy, but in empirical terms.

I expect the decline in the the market value of programming to continue outside of the west coast of the USA as cheaper labor continues to come online (at least until some new method arrives).