Re:Ask HN: How to Inspire young people in computer science?
by amichail on Friday April 03, 2009 @02:05PM
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Tell them about the opportunities that arise for starting your own company with minimal resources.
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Re:Ask HN: How to Inspire young people in computer science?
by Rod on Friday April 03, 2009 @02:34PM
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Would that be ethical? One does not need a CS degree to start a company. One needs to know how to program, and a CS degree is far from being the only way to learn how to program, right?
It would be interesting if there were initiatives aiming at promoting programming among kids in the 10-12 y.o. age range. Since hi-school is too easy and kids have way too much free time, if they could get the "programming bug" before they're old enough to go to college, everyone would win. They could study math or physics instead of CS, because they already know how to code. And they could even postpone college for a couple of years and try to launch a company while they're young and full of stamina.
Just my 0.02 USD...