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HTML

<p>Do you have a programmer?<br><br>
<span class="wpcf7-form-control-wrap programmer">
    <span class="wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-radio" id="programmer-value">
        <span class="wpcf7-list-item first">
            <input type="radio" name="programmer" value="Yes">&nbsp;
                <span class="wpcf7-list-item-label">Yes</span>
            </span>
            <span class="wpcf7-list-item last">
                <input type="radio" name="programmer" value="No">&nbsp;
                    <span class="wpcf7-list-item-label">No</span></span></span></span></p>
        <button id="btn">click me </button>
  </div>

JavaScript

jQuery(document).ready(function ($){
var programmerValue = $("#programmer-value input").val();
    
    $("#btn").on("click", function (){
        alert("ok");
        if (programmerValue == "Yes"){alert(programmerValue)}
        else if (programemrValue == "No"){alert(programmerValue)};
    });
});