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How do non-nerds become nerds? "View source" can be the lid of the pandora's box for lots of young people who become inspired to be developers. Alos the web is
by harwoodleon 9y ago
How do non-nerds become nerds? "View source" can be the lid of the pandora's box for lots of young people who become inspired to be developers.
Alos the web is not just for nerds! HTML is a language that lots of everyday people can write now - it is empowering.
- pjmlp 9y agoWe were already nerds for a few decades before the browser was invented.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoAnd we (my generation) weren't! "View Source" is not the only way to start on your way to nerddom, but it is, or at least was at some point in time, an important one.
- pjmlp 9y agoI find computer magazines and programming books more relevant, and those aren't going away.
- falcolas 9y agoAn opposing data point: I can't recall the last time I used a physical programming book for anything other than a monitor riser (being so thick, they're fantastic for this). And I am from the generation where those books were how you learned to program. Every resource I consume today is either in HTML or PDF form.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoMaybe, but why not all of that? And some more? Two other things that helped push me into the nerd side when I was a kid: - QBasic shipping with the OS on my first computer - Video games that shipped with map editors (Abuse, StarCraft, Unreal Tournament - the latter actually gave access to most of the source code through it) I'm in favour of everything that exposes the inner workings of computers. Software, in particular, shouldn't be a black box, even if 99% of the time everyone (developers included) treat it as such.
- harwoodleon 9y agoWhat about the newer nerds who don't have grey beards?
- Qwertious 9y agoTake a nerd class in high school. Go to nerd university.