I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018)
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Re: I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018)
#2If you don’t want to teach your kids to code, ok. I actually think the sugar cookie example is analogous to web development, especially styling/CSS.
As someone who has taught children how to do html/css/ basic JS it’s amazing to see how they progress; the creativity a child can have is unpredictable but usually inspiring.
Also, why is pocket acting like amp with the url? :/ :/ :/
Re: I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018)
#3Agreed, and you could say the same of mathematics. If we teach coding as we teach math, devoid of creativity and reduced to a set of rules, coding will be hated by most, just like math.
Re: I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018)
#4The entire argument seems to be around how painful and pointless it is to teach kids syntax. However most of the tools and courses I have seen that introduce programming to kids do away with syntax, by using visual programming and similar. Does the author think no improvement was done to programming tutorials in the last 40 years?
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#5This sounds like not teaching grammar because your child might not be as goos if a poet. Not every developer is solving interesting problems with creative out of the box thinking.. most just write boring code.
Re: I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018)
#6The article is spot on. Teaching kids to code so they learn skills like problem solving and dealing with ambiguity is a good reason to teach them. Teaching them to code because tech jobs pay well today is a lot less likely to be useful in 20 years when they're entering a job market that's very different to what we have right now.
Re: I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018)
#7I would, were I going to have kids.
"while these products may teach kids specific coding languages, they actually have very little to do with the work of creating software."
Yes, and learning to read has little to do with the dramatic structures of high literature, but without the one you're going to struggle to express the other.
This article comes across as attention-seeking contrarianism.
Re: I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018)
#8If you don’t want to teach your kids to code, ok. I actually think the sugar cookie example is analogous to web development, especially styling/CSS. As someone who has taught children how to do html/css/ basic JS it’s amazing to see how they progress; the creativity a child can have is unpredictable but usually inspiring. Also, why is pocket acting like amp with the url? :/ :/ :/
The real URL, had to search to find it as there's no way to access it from the linked Pocket version
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/12/against-teaching-ki...
Re: I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018)
#9While I have no interest in breeding, if I did have kids I would let them choose their own interests rather than forcing mine onto them.
Re: I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You (2018)
#10I just was thinking about this the other day and I concluded that I will teach my kids TO THINK, but no display or programming language is required for that. You can teach the basics on paper or drawings, teaching a programming language syntax and features can come when they are interested in programming at all. Otherwise, they can apply thought processes in other areas of life.