This post appeared on the Underdog.io blog. I feel strongly about the current “learn to code” movement for a number of reasons: I’ve worked as a recruiter for 5+ years (most recently at betaworks and before that at Aviary). I hire a lot of engineers, so I meet and interview a lot of people, including some who’ve recently graduated from code schools. I also work with (almost exclusively) engineers. I know several people who’ve gone to code school in an attempt to become full time developers, with mixed results. I’ve taught myself the basics of programming over the years… This story continues at The Next Web