Teaching kids to code
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My grandfather was an engineer and metalworker at Boeing, he thought being a skilled machinist was the key to all sorts of things, so he tried to teach my dad how to make a screw on a machinists tools out of a block of metal.
My dad wasn't too interested, but soon after he discovered HAM radios, making his own amplifiers and tuners and morse code, and staying up all night communicating with people all over the world... this of course confused my grandfather at first but he was supportive after a while.
When I was a kid, my father bought me a make-your-own radio kit, with transistors, resistors, etc... and I tried to make it work, eventually getting it, but I wasn't ever that interested in Morse code...
But when my dad brought home a computer, I went nuts, staying up all night writing primitive 8 bit video games in 6502 assembler...
I can only imagine what my nephew might be up to.... I'd hesitate to try to turn him into a coder, as he might discover the next big thing anyway.... but of course, being open to stuff is great....
- ... sure. So morale is don;t even try to pass down knowledge, whether it remains applicable or not?ETM
- no, more like being open to new applications of similar thought processes.... maybe not so clear here...vaxorcist
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