> Gatekeeping means limiting access to something. I never said that we should forbid kids from learning programming. Not giving people the training that is req

> Gatekeeping means limiting access to something. I never said that we should forbid kids from learning programming. Not giving people the training that is required to be a good programmer is gatekeeping. Not having a mandatory programming course is gatekeeping. It prevents people who don't have exposure to programming outside of school from even contemplating that career, mostly people already disadvantaged.