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'Learn to code' campaigns dominated the 2010s. Were they oversold?
For years, governments and tech companies told students that learning to code would provide a pathway to stability and high-earning salaries. But with AI reshaping the tech industry and jobs disappearing, there are quest...
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'Learn to code' campaigns dominated the 2010s. Were they oversold? is an episode from The Sunday Magazine by CBC. For years, governments and tech companies told students that learning to code would provide a pathway to stability and high-ea...
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Published Mar 18, 2026, 00:26:26 long, audio available.
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For years, governments and tech companies told students that learning to code would provide a pathway to stability and high-earning salaries. But with AI reshaping the tech industry and jobs disappearing, there are questions about whether "learn to code" campaigns were oversold as a silver bullet. University of Waterloo associate professor Troy Vasiga and New York Times technology reporter Natasha Singer join Nora Young to discuss the promise and payoff of coding, and whether today's "learn AI" message is taking a page from that old Big Tech playbook.
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