I had an excellent IT course at School. We did pascal and had to make a forms project.
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How many kids could be arsed?
When I learned in the 1970s we didn't have a tenth of the other things to do that kids have nowadays. Especially the interweb.Comment
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I think sometimes they have it and sometimes they don't
SM03 started a computer course when 16 and simply could not get to grips with coding.
Whether it was my teaching at home and over the internet or you need a certain mind set.
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Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.Comment
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what happened to Microsofts KPL and that programmable Lego stuff (not sure they were related)Coffee's for closersComment
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My thoughts exactly, kids have a completely different attention span to back in our day, my lad used to modify all his cars in grand theft auto using a mod program but it was a visual GUI i cannot see him having the patients to sit looking at lines of codeOriginally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
We had nothing else to do back then but they have far to many other things to be doing nowComment
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I think kids are better off spending time communicating with each other than sitting in front of a computer. having said that if they learnt to interact with other human beings I would be out of a job
Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Maybe they would be better off learning both?Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostI think kids are better off spending time communicating with each other than sitting in front of a computer. having said that if they learnt to interact with other human beings I would be out of a job
For someone who abhors thinking in binary you sure do a lot of it.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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I would imagine that your idea of communication is conducted over the internetOriginally posted by doodab View PostLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Yep, you sure do,Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post
Coding Horror: Software Developers and Asperger's SyndromeComment
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