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Give the kids some credit. There's a generation of us that got started with QBASIC at 8 years old, which did significantly less hand-holding than this.
by marginalia_nu 3y ago
Give the kids some credit.
There's a generation of us that got started with QBASIC at 8 years old, which did significantly less hand-holding than this.
- lotsoweiners 3y agoTo be fair that was before YouTube and TikTok were a thing.
- nkrisc 3y agoBut most of your generation did not.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoThis remark holds true for any generation and any method of learning.
- nkrisc 3y agoYes, precisely my point. If you want more kids to get involved in programming, reduce barriers to entry. A small number of kids succeeding despite these barriers is not evidence of much. There is always some top percentile who will succeed regardless of obstacles, those aren’t the ones who need the help getting interested.