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Discussion on: We should be teaching our kids how to code. Or should we?

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William Cairns

I think we should teach kids to code. Just like any subject at school it teaches them about the options available to them as a career.
I did biology at school. Does everyone need it no. I didn't go into a profession that needs it.
I did music at school, I've never used nor needed it.
Teach kids programming, not to learn to program, but for them to find out if that should be their career.
A new person started working with me yesterday. She discovered programming only after doing another degree. So she went back to learn computer science. If she had been exposed to programming earlier she would have started her career earlier