Apparently job retraining is only for coal miners and not for @DNAinfo-@Gothamist reporters

Noah Hurowitz, formerly a reporter with DNAinfo before billionaire owner Tom Ricketts pulled the plug on the money-losing operation on Thursday, is miffed at the suggestion that he learn how to code now that he’s looking for a new job:

https://twitter.com/NoahHurowitz/status/926500201757663232

Apparently learning new job skills is only for coal miners and such and not for New Yorkers:

https://twitter.com/ClarkHat/status/926509384666091521

If it's good enough for off-shored 50-year-old rural factory workers, it's more than good enough for former journalists. https://t.co/0tLBOXoUaO

— Free Northerner (@FreeNortherner) November 3, 2017

https://twitter.com/archaeofuturist/status/926515756195463168

yeah it's actually pretty fucking insulting isn't it

try being a 45 year old metalworker who used to make 50k a year https://t.co/GeeYGAfhpo

— atomickristin (@atomickristin) November 3, 2017

Hey, coding would provide steady income:

https://twitter.com/NoSlackDelta/status/926562506029654016

Or is coding a job Americans just won’t do?

https://twitter.com/fellow_whiteman/status/926563233275801600

Does he not see the problem here?

https://twitter.com/Tom_Knox_/status/926552954068504576

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And:

https://twitter.com/SirAnglo/status/926505525336051712

https://twitter.com/missbullpup/status/926553265688403968

Well, if coding isn’t a viable alternative, how about some other sort of trade?

I have a friend who can hook you up as an apprentice electrician. https://t.co/hFEByK0iJy

— bdunbar (@bdunbar) November 3, 2017

Or the service industry:

https://twitter.com/Jokeocrazy/status/926511488281530370

If you're not into coding, there's always Walmart. We're a service economy now. Journalism, like manufacturing or coal, is never coming back https://t.co/0tLBOXoUaO

— Free Northerner (@FreeNortherner) November 3, 2017

Tough, but fair.

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