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A great comment, and I couldn't agree more. If the family computer in the early 90s didn't have QBasic - I wouldn't be a developer today. > more than ever, it

A great comment, and I couldn't agree more. If the family computer in the early 90s didn't have QBasic - I wouldn't be a developer today. > more than ever, it's being taken up by people with no passion or desire to program solely so they can make what they think is going to be "The Next [WebCompany]," I feel like kbenson forgets that the point of programming to the vast majority of people, is typically the end result.

kbenson 8y ago
> I feel like kbenson forgets that the point of programming to the vast majority of people, is typically the end result. Sure it is. I just think most people don't start out thinking "I'm going to make the next Facebook", or at least not seriously. A lot of the time it's just tinkering. I mean, that's the reason the code produced isn't high quality, because the people really are complete amateurs screwing around. In that respect, I think the end result is "I want to learn this or to make something cool".