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This situation to me exemplifies the short-sightedness of millennial parents shoehorning their 5 year olds into wanting to be programmers because it was a meal

• reilly3000 7y ago
  I'm a said millennial parent, although my son really took to programming mostly on his own after I gave him some scratch lessons. He made a simple social network in php and became pretty popular in his 6th grade class for it. He's taught himself Java and loves working on games. While I'm encouraged at his career prospects, I understand the world may change around us and the role of a developer is certain to not look the same in 10-15 year's time. I think its a wonderful hobby that is teaching him to be logical, creative, and resourceful at problem-solving. What's wrong with that?
  • logari 7y ago
    Absolutely nothing. Well except Java. (Just kidding, Java is fine!).
    • reilly3000 7y ago
      I'm sort of against it, but Notch got the Minecraft generation hooked on it!