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In general, making it easier for more people to get into programming feels feels like a good thing to me. Programming is a game-changer in terms of its ability
by DantesKite 8y ago
In general, making it easier for more people to get into programming feels feels like a good thing to me. Programming is a game-changer in terms of its ability to amplify talents and interests. It's the longest lever I know of.
What stops people from getting into programming, however, is a bit more difficult to determine, but there does seem to be patterns. Less women and blacks compared to asians and whites.
Oddly enough, trying to figure out the causes of these differences intersects a broad range of fields from evolution to sexual discrimination to access to resources.
And because there's so much uncertainty, the explanation quickly turns into politics.
- princekolt 8y agoMy personal 2c is that it is a lot about perception and awareness. You need to be aware a certain thing exists and how it works before you can aspire to do it. I'm sure you've met people in the past that had jobs you didn't even know existed. And invariably since some populations have been less present in tech, less of that population will be exposed to it, and thus aspire to work in it. Sometimes the smallest influences can have a big impact, both positively and negatively.