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Ask HN: Are fewer students learning to code on their own now than in the 80s?
- yuppie_scum 5y agoIt’s hard to overstate how much more pervasive computers are in today’s society than the 80’s or even the 90’s. Home computers were more or less a luxury item for the rich or the enthusiasts well into the 90’s.
- jimmyvalmer 5y agoNo, that's an easy one.
- cwdegidio 5y agoYeah, pretty straight forward really. I remember when I was a kid in the 80's, I was the only person in my friend circle that knew BASIC let alone what BASIC even was. These days my son and his friends, who are all in their 20s now are going on at least 10 years of calling me for advice or to review code for their personal projects. I think there is way more information and learning material out there than when I started. All I had was the initial book that came with the family C64 and a book on how to make trivial games in BASIC. Kids today have YT, Udemy, stuff like Odin Project or Freecodecamp, etc.