I learned to code when I left college the 2nd time and was bedridden for a few months. Enough to get a low-level configuration job with a local software company. It’s not that hard, but you do need enough time to learn.

If you like computers and don’t mind sitting at one for hours trying to solve a problem, then it’s a great way to pick up skills and improve your agency in general. Humanities grads shouldn’t have trouble coding given that it selects more for verbal than mathematical ability.

It is a common misunderstanding that you need to know a lot of math or be particularly math-enthusiastic to program. This comes from its origins in mathematics and the req’s of university computer science programs. Many, like @lexfridman, actually don’t like dealing with numbers.

You can’t be mathematically illiterate, of course, but a solid understanding of logic and the ability to abstract alone will get you pretty far.

Probably most philosophy majors could make great devs.

And anyone who knows about linguistics knows language is very hierarchical and quite logical, with recursion, and many of the core concepts of programming built in to natural language.

David Foster Wallace said the fullest expression of his intellect was through words, not math.

For those of you who don’t know, David Foster Wallace had his degree in Philosophy and English, with the philosophy component focused on modal logic and mathematics.

They’re much closer than a lot of people outside these disciplines think.