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Ive been struggling to find mentorship for my children , as a nonengineer with a c++ background, wanting to get my kids into STEM. I do what i can (taking them
by IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
Ive been struggling to find mentorship for my children , as a nonengineer with a c++ background, wanting to get my kids into STEM.
I do what i can (taking them to see FRC, enroll in clubs, etc) but short of leveling up and going from Scratch App, to giving them carte blanche on minecraft mod scripts (we dont even allow computer games at home yet), I dont know what to do .
My friends are too busy with life and early children. Id love to find retirees or students with time , skills and experience, but I dont know where to start. Any advice?
- kidgorgeous 3y agoGet them 2 books: Basic Machines and How They Work, and Basic Electricity, both written by the Navy. Have those be their bibles. Then a steady dose of Kahn Academy.
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoThank you. We already do Khan Academy kids too. Will be happy to see them graduate to the real thing :)
- LargeTomato 3y agoBig tech and higher education work together to get students into the workforce. The road is well paved and well traveled. You should get your kids onto that road and it will carry them to a tech career. Robotics, coding club, etc it's good. It's mentally stimulating and they will make friends. OTOH I went to college with people coming from poverty who didn't even have computers in the home let alone stem extracurriculars. The pipeline is just that powerful.
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoThis is fine, but this leads to 1 career path (Software Engineering) What about electrical engineering ? Robotics ? Applied Engineering ? And does your premise hold for not-Caltech-not-CMU-not-MIT schools ? I'm also wary of leading them to spend 2x of the equivalent of a down payment of a house, and go into debt, to then find out its not something they really love...