Oh, I agree that its easy to start out and even kids can start, but saying it in the context of getting a job feels very deceptive. Facebook had a commercial w

Oh, I agree that its easy to start out and even kids can start, but saying it in the context of getting a job feels very deceptive. Facebook had a commercial where they said something like "we'll hire anyone who can code, it's as easy as learning multiplication tables!" I don't remember the exact quote but those outreach programs but it felt a bit ridiculous at the time. If you say something is easy and a person fails at it, they'll feel worse when they fail. If you acknowledge it's challenging at first they're better fit to handle it with grit and keep trying. Programming is something you're going to have to fail at continuously before you get it. And if afterwards you say, "see wasn't that easy?" there's no sense of accomplishment.