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Programming only feels like vocational training because not everybody can do it. There was a time where writing wasn't a ubiquitous skill either, you'd actually
by schwartzworld 5y ago
Programming only feels like vocational training because not everybody can do it. There was a time where writing wasn't a ubiquitous skill either, you'd actually have to hire someone to write something down for you.
Coding is a life skill, since most of us will need to use a computer for work in some capacity, what's the downside to teaching kids how to actually use it?
- oytis 5y ago> Coding is a life skill, since most of us will need to use a computer for work in some capacity There might have been good reasons to believe this 20 years ago, but today's computer users may not even know (and not need to know) where their files are located in a file system or whether they are on their local disk at all. I think we are at a point where you can use a computer without knowing pretty much anything besides what UI designers choose to present you.