RE: The Truth Behind Our “Learn Code or Else” Culture + Star Wars

Former Member — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:17:45 GMT

There is plenty of room to move around and do things on this planet without ever touching a line of code. I don't foresee that changing in the next 1000 years. When do we see a sheep herder, hotel maid, or a ballerina needing to learn to code? I can come up with a few dozen more examples off the top of my head.

Even for those technically curious kids, coding is not for everyone. There is a world difference between enjoying the act of playing video games and the act of coding a video game. I would add as an example that the act of riding a bicycle does not lead every child to a desire to build a bicycle.

There are even more aspects to game development that require zero coding knowledge. A kid could have interest in one or more areas of graphic design, video production, marketing, a project management, network engineering, and system administration without learning a single line of code.

I would also agree with MK in that we have plenty of need for the basic academic skills for "everyone" instead of hyping this "everyone must code" nonsense.

TheOzz

RE: The Truth Behind Our “Learn Code or Else” Culture + Star Wars

michaelkellett — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:38:50 GMT

The age of IOT (if it happens) no more implies that everyone should learn to code than the Steam Age demanded that everyone should learn to stoke a boiler.

In fact most of the emphasis (in this "everyone must code" fad) seems to be on pretending that software design is a trivial matter of plugging together a few half understood library objects, posing as some sort of tech expert and blagging your way to a fortune.

Real life is different - best make sure your kids can read, write and do maths.