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> it's a desire to teach powerful problem solving techniques and tools to everyone And like any teaching, that job should be properly paid. What I find irrita

> it's a desire to teach powerful problem solving techniques and tools to everyone And like any teaching, that job should be properly paid. What I find irritating is that it almost seems to be a given in the tech industry that people would do this job for free. And the fact that it will create more software engineers on an average leads me to think that all the "Learn to Code" movements are not as altruistic as they may seem. I agree that everyone should learn to code, but similarly why shouldn't everyone learn basic science, economics, or civics? I know a lot of people the US anyway seem to be really behind the curve on these matters, but because it doesn't really benefit large corporate entities, they aren't lining up to teach kids these skills.

bskap 10y ago
> similarly why shouldn't everyone learn basic science, economics, or civics We already teach those things to every child in the US. Whether or not they pay attention is something we have less control over. The vast majority of students do not have any opportunity to learn to program.
- parennoob 10y ago
  > We already teach those things to every child in the US. Exactly, and the teachers are paid for it. You rarely find companies promoting movements offering to teach economics or civics for free. > The vast majority of students do not have any opportunity to learn to program. Then it should be put into the school curriculum, and a qualified person should be paid to teach them, instead of the current expectation which seems to be "programmers will teach these kids coding in their spare time because...everyone should learn to code!".