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Good point, but i dont agree. You learn a language to be able to communicate with people in different countries, to be able to travel the world and find your wa
by kayoone 14y ago
Good point, but i dont agree. You learn a language to be able to communicate with people in different countries, to be able to travel the world and find your way through it. Most people dont want to pursue a career in the language they are learning.
Programming on the other hand is a niche skill which you absolutely do not need to know or master in this world. Maths, Physics, Chemistry and languages are skills that are much more important in terms of a general skill-set to master daily life than programming is.
Programming is for people that pursue a career in the IT industry or science. Is it a nice skill to have ? Sure, just like carpentry or mechanical engineering.
- Nursie 14y ago"Programming is for people that pursue a career in the IT industry or science. Is it a nice skill to have ? Sure, just like carpentry or mechanical engineering." And we never expose anyone to the beginnings of those disciplines in school, ever, do we?
- kayoone 14y agoWe do, just like programming, so whats your point ?
- Nursie 14y agoThat if they are niche skills, like programming, and we teach the beginnings of them, why are you so opposed to people being taught the beginnings of programming?
- kayoone 14y agoI am not against that, i am just not a fan of this whole new "everyone needs to know how to program" hypetrain.
- lotso 14y ago>Programming on the other hand is a niche skill which you absolutely do not need to know or master in this world. Maths, Physics, Chemistry and languages are skills that are much more important in terms of a general skill-set to master daily life than programming is. That's does not compute to me. Why is chemistry an inherently more important than programming?