They are getting taught microcontroller programming in addition to programming on PCs - only now they teach the same language for both. I presume it's the schoo

They are getting taught microcontroller programming in addition to programming on PCs - only now they teach the same language for both. I presume it's the school's difference between "Computer Science" and "Engineering" subjects, with more physical electronics aspects to the latter. Personally I think teaching programmers how to interact with the real world beyond a keyboard and screen is pretty important, but I am biased from working on hardware. There are definitely ways to plug servos, etc. into a normal computer, and some of them are already branded as teaching tools. See SAMLabs, etc.