Learn to Code, It’s Harder Than You Think

I coded in high school as part of a class that was offered in school but didn't enjoy it then. Then our teachers said things like its like math - boys are better at it than girls. I totally stayed away from coding till a few years back when I needed to use statistics packages to analyse my data. I had to write for loops and functions to make my models work on larger datasets. I learnt to code and was driven by more than 'it's a good career choice'. I know a doctor who learnt to program in C because his programmer did not understand the model the doctor was trying to create.

I have to disagree. OP might be right, but before we establish that conclusion, we have to try these things first:<p>Teach coding from young age. Are you really surprised that 18 year old CS undergraduates fail their intro to programming when they have to learn in 11-22weeks what probably took me say 6 years to learn between the age of 11 and 17? I have a CS degree, but I&#x27;m also self taught.<p>We have to acknowledge the vast breadth of the field and split the teaching to different paths. There is a reason we have chemistry and biology and physics, although it&#x27;s all just physics. And we start splitting super early on. The same is needed for coding.<p>And I agree with OP that the perception of the field is selecting (self-selecting), and again we have to change that before we assume that people are born to be programmers.<p>Also, they didn&#x27;t add up the numbers, it&#x27;s over a half with a CS degree (gotta count masters).

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