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Being able to code puts you in the top 10% of the IQ bell curve. Being able to see the value in automating something and being able to implement it puts you in
by fijiaarone 5y ago
Being able to code puts you in the top 10% of the IQ bell curve. Being able to see the value in automating something and being able to implement it puts you in the top 1%.
That’s not meant as flattery, it’s just pointing out that the efficiency gains of universal computer literacy will not be realized.
- lifeisstillgood 5y ago"They used to say you could not teach women to read" I disagree - we spend years from age two teaching literacy. It's a skill that needs practise, but it's a relatively new invention that has enormous benefits. Software is too. (Mind blowing fact: The walls of jericho were built 2,000 years before writing was invented)
- diffeomorphism 5y agoAt a high level maybe, but basic coding is succesfully taught in middle schools. If you needed to be "10%" for that, those classes would fail horribly. > will not be realized. Not quickly, but give it a few decades. In particular, you will probably have to wait for another generation of teachers.
- AussieWog93 5y ago>At a high level maybe, but basic coding is succesfully taught in middle schools. Exactly this. Not everyone can work for Google (or even for a B-grade software firm!), but in many instances all you need to do is string a couple of libraries together in order to get order-of-magnitude productivity gains.