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an essential skill

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    Would you say it's good to know some form of programming? When I went to school, we didn't learn anything like that, but apparently it's becoming more common even in elementary school now with some form of basic programming courses. Do you think it's important at this day and age, or still highly optional depending on what career you pursue, or personal interest?
     
    School is one of those topics I could talk about for days.

    School teaches you a light, but broad knowledge, and I would argue that programming should be part of it. Everybody uses computers all day long, it's the main tool for 99% of the (Western) world, so programming, besides being attractive to children (programming is like being a wizard with a computer!), could also allow them to understand better the main tool they already use and will be using for the rest of their lives.
    Programming is like "simplified" mathematics, as it requires the same level of formalism, but is less abstract because you can run your code and see the results. It could also be used with the reverse mindset: code something to illustrate what has been taught in math.
    And we could also avoid children joining the Game Dev forum and ask everyone to write the scripts they should be able to do themselves.

    Now time isn't infinite so you can't just add courses without taking one or two hours from another course lol.
     
    tbh I don't see the need to teach everyone programming, as far as it being an essential skill for everyday life

    you don't need to know how to code/program to get through life, nor do you need to know it in order to use a computer

    and in the US, school is so useless as is anyway
     
    It's great (especially in my country) if you wanna have an easier time finding a job. Every single one of my Com Sci major friends earn more than me right now.
     
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