Re:Coding for Kids: Linda Liukas on Nurturing Your Child’s T...
by lordnacho on Monday October 24, 2016 @05:26AM
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Well, of course. If you look at the sort of thing ordinary people are interested in, programming is now quite prominent in several respects:
- Every interesting business requires programmers. Uber, AirBnB, Tesla, Facebook, Google -everything that is making headlines- require coders as a key ingredient, rather than as waterboys. That wasn't always the case when I was growing up.
- It's clear for everyone to see that coding jobs pay better than most jobs.
- There's a degree to which coding jobs are interesting which is becoming ever more clear to people. Where jargon was once a sign that you were a nerd, now it's a sign that you're informed on some of the things driving modern society.
- Every interesting business requires programmers. Uber, AirBnB, Tesla, Facebook, Google -everything that is making headlines- require coders as a key ingredient, rather than as waterboys. That wasn't always the case when I was growing up.
- It's clear for everyone to see that coding jobs pay better than most jobs.
- There's a degree to which coding jobs are interesting which is becoming ever more clear to people. Where jargon was once a sign that you were a nerd, now it's a sign that you're informed on some of the things driving modern society.