How about Apple asking everyone under Craig Federighi take this course first?
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Apple's 'Everyone Can Code' Initiative Adopted in 70 Education Institutions Around Europe
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Classes for people building apps don't help people who need plumbers or electricians. Let's start with logic classes, and beef up vocational skills too. Apps/computing has a place but c'mon there is more to life than computing.
In Europe the government pays YOU for studying
Yes nearly forgot about that. But not in UK.
PC has come a long way. It used to be Apple were serving Notebook with much better hardware built quality. Not that any PC marker has exceed that, but they are now very close. ( Or they literally copied the Macbook Air Design )
There are large segment of students who dont buy $1299+ laptops, and the only "affordable" solution is Macbook Air.
One could argue Macbook Air is the first Apple product to ever reach a price point that is affordable and actually pretty damn good. The problem is everyone on the campus felt it hasn't been updated for long. And no ones wants to buy outdated products. Especially students.
And ANY computer selling a $1000+ machine with an HDD as main drive in 2018 is really a Sin.
I recently had a friend who needed a cheapest possible machine with OSX. And she got an Mac Mini, the sales in Apple store literally try to stop her from buying it, constantly reminding her it is OLD.
Refurbished is a hard sell in certain countries and culture. Not everyone likes 2nd Hand products.
The flaw is your thinking.
I guess schools should stop teaching Algebra or Physics since not everyone is cut out to be a Mathematician or Physicist.
This isn’t about turning everyone into coders. It’s about letting everyone try coding to see how they like it. At the beginner level coding also teaches valuable concepts like logic and critical thinking, skills that can be very useful no matter what you do in life.
Well, you're wrong. I've worked with tons of engineers that are really good at what they do but don't give a rip about it outside of work. It's not in their blood, they don't have a bunch of open source passion projects on GitHub, they aren't "makers". They go home and play with their kids or work on their car or play video games or whatever.
I came across a few articles lately which sees AI systems will soon reduce the requirement for coders.
You would think so right? But sadly I still don’t know how I passed the exam with a B+ after my 5th attempt to this day
So then the proper term should be "Everyone May Code". (my grade school teacher would be so proud of me!)
As for me, as much as I love tech and computers, I've come the realization from multiple failed attempts to learn that I "may" code but I most certainly cannot code.
Not really, tax Monies, offer the opportunity for everyone to attend a university in Europe.In Europe the government pays YOU for studying
My son’s community college costs 2 times more than my masters degree when comparing per credit and fees - only 25 years later. Community college is no longer affordable unless they continue the free/reduced programs currently in place for the first 2 years of community college in Oregon. No such program exists for universities.
Well everyone can technically learn mandarin. Doesn’t mean everyone is interested in mandarin. What if I want to learn spanish? What if I don’t want to learn yet another language and something else all together? I am just waiting for schools to force kids to code yet they leave college with no idea how to do their own taxes. It’s fine as long it is optional imo
Yeah, they do just plain cost more. Which is why our broken imac lcd is not getting fixed or replaced. Between apple refusing to make ssd standard, and fusing the screen parts together, not using more recent standard parts - they don’t have a great value when buying new and are horrbly expensive to fix later. Try buying a replacement lcd for a 3 year old imac - $550 with no warranty. My 7 year old PC got a new $150 video card, $700 4k 40 monitor, $150 memory upgrade from 8gb to 16gb and $150 SSD drive - making this originally $650 machine last that much longer. Try that on any new mac.
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Try buying a quad core mac mini - expensive!
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perhaps kids leave school unable to do taxes because they are not freely computerized, nor easy nowadays.
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What is next? everybody can program full compilators!! my 2 cents...
They are consufed...everybody can make a "hello world world"...that's different.
They are consufed...everybody can make a "hello world world"...that's different.
Before Apple embark on this philosophical journey, I want them to try the same in their own backyard. Why don't they ask Tim Cook and Eddie Cue to do some bug fixes? Stupid philosophy and I will tell you that this will create a generation that will bring down the whole computing industry.
You don't need a new Mac to use these resources. Not sure if you even need a Mac at all.
No, No, hell No!
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Or may be it's the other way around. We are seeing so many bugs because Apple is asking everybody to code.. including the janitors!
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Ups spanglish FTL!
Meant programming a *Compiler vs programming a simple "Hello World" program.
Yes at the end everybody can code i agree however there are still levels and aptitudes....just like playing an instrument pretty much...Useful code is still not that easy to create i'm afraid...
Apple wants to incentive programming which is fine (specially for them, more programmers more $$) but the people out there with real aptitude is still limited just like people who can play an instrument decently.
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I don’t think anyone disputes that “everyone can code” means something different than “everyone is an excellent coder.”
However, anyone who WANTS to become a proficient coder and who is willing to put in the time and energy to learn, can do so.
Sorry, that's simply not true.
Whilst it would be lovely to imagine all humans are clones and all have the exact same abilities, I can assure you that's simply not the case, and I'm sure as science regarding the brain continues it will be physically proven also.
Can anyone learn to code? If you are of the right age then yes sure.
Can we all learn to code up to a certain level that matches our abilities yes.
Are those levels of ability the same for everyone? No of course not.
That's like saying everyone can be a grand master at chess if they only tried a bit.
I can assure you, there is no way my maths or mental ability is anywhere near the level of being an "Amazing Coder"
Have I "Coded" yes, have I sold some things I wrote? yes, did I get some nice comments and my programs printed in a magazine, back in the 8-bit days yes.
But I'm under no illusion, there are millions? of coders that could without even breaking into a sweat and probably blindfolded would run rings around anything I could ever dream of doing?
However, I can do most jobs around the house and put my hands to most physical tasks.
Sad truth is, everyone is different, we all have different skills and our brains are laid out in different ways.
Some of us as simply more academically clever and pick things up and remember then vastly better than others.
Should we encourage people to be the best at what THEY as humans are really good at, as opposed to pretending everyone can be great at everything.