content: t's so awesome knowing that miners were laid off, told learn to code and did it.  Tens of thousands of miners were laid off. They were told the coal economy was dead and they should retrain. A company gathered a bunch of training grant money and then tested 900 miners to see if they were at all capable of learning to code. 11 passed the test and went through a year long training program. 10 completed the program. Altogether it cost several million in grants to train the 10 miners. They now know one very specific technology stack and that is all they can work in. So tens of thousands laid off. Spend millions retraining. Get 10 coders whose very narrow skills will expire in a couple years. They don't have the theoretical background to be able to keep up with the changes in the industry. Is this really a success?