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Could you elaborate on why you would think this? Because it seems a bit hard to believe. I mean, the oldest students in your average CS 101 class will be, wha
by redschell 15y ago
Could you elaborate on why you would think this? Because it seems a bit hard to believe. I mean, the oldest students in your average CS 101 class will be, what, 22? Maybe older if they're non-traditional? The human brain's frontal lobe isn't even completely myelinated at 22. I'm not saying they have the same potential as someone who started at 10, but you make it seem like there's no hope for anyone who didn't start when they were 10.
- city41 15y agoMy comment was perhaps a bit harsh and poorly worded, but I do generally stand by it. The article itself is rather harsh as well, it flat out says "there are those who can program, and those who cannot". In my experience, the people who "can" program, almost always discover it on their own through their own curiosity. For sure, someone may not discover programming until later in life and my anecdotal evidence can't possibly be all encompassing. But I do find if they haven't discovered programming on their own before taking their first CS course, that is very often a sign that they fall into the "cannot program" category that the article puts forward. EDIT: even the fourth comment on Jeff's blog basically says what I said: "When I was in college, I remember the students in my classes who had trouble were ones who were entirely new to programming. The rest of us had either been in programming classes previously or had been coding for fun since we were kids."