everyone in this country should learn how to program because it teaches you how to think
this is a quote said by the legendary steve jobs on why everyone should learn how to code
today we are going to be talking about just that why i think everyone whether you want to be an
engineer or not should learn how to code at some point in their lives before we get into it though
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i truly believe that coding should be taught in every single elementary school
when you were first growing up when you are learning the basics of math science
english all the basic courses you are taught in school i really think coding should be one of them
my reason for this is someone who didn't learn to code until later in life i was in my 20s when i
first while i still am in my 20s but i was in my early 20s when i first learned how to code and i
often look back wishing i wish it was required to take a basic coding course even html and css
when i was growing up today i'm going to share with you some of the main reasons i think
everyone should learn how to code whether you want to be a technical person or not there are so many
benefits that learning how to code really gives you the first one being is it teaches you how
to problem solve when you learn how to code you are learning how to solve problems not only solve
problems but identify problems as well this really helps with your logical thinking side
and i use the problem-solving skills that i've learned with coding in my everyday life since
learning how to code and i can tell you it has gotten so much better with how i solve problems
i used to just get frantic and not really know how to break down a problem or solve it now i really
take the skills that i learned through coding and apply it to other problems i am trying to solve
by breaking down the problems thinking logically about them taking the emotion out of it
to really have an understanding of what the problem in my life is and how to best solve it the
second reason i think everyone should learn how to code is it significantly broadens your job hunting
process if you have the basic coding skills you can apply to so many more jobs not only that but
it will make you stand out from a ton of different applicants even if you don't want your main part
of your job to be coding having an understanding of how code works and having written code yourself
really will enable you and power you empower you to be able to do essentially a better job
at what you are doing if you are interacting with others who are coding or different technologies
when you learn how to code you are really learning how to best understand technology
and with that skill and that mindset even if you aren't coding in your job you can really think in
that way think in a programmer like way that will help you make better business decisions better
decisions around products you're building and also too when you're talking to customers or if you're
in a sales role you can also to bring into some of that technical expertise that you have when you
learned how to code into the conversation and that brings me to my third thing which learning how to
code if you have this skill it really boosts your confidence imagine if you are in a position or in
a role at work that maybe you don't code but you are dealing with technology or even once again you
know technology touches everything in our world nowadays and if you're in a role that doesn't
require coding but you know how to code it will boost your confidence if you're a product manager
speaking to developers if you're a salesperson speaking to clients about their product being
able to really have a strong not even a strong but an understanding of how the product was built
being able to answer general level questions around that if you have learned to code can be
such a confidence booster i've seen this not only in myself but also others around me if i'm dealing
with product managers who have coding experience in the past i can instantly tell without even
seeing their resume or their linkedin that they do just by the way they speak to me
and by the way they view uh different features or products that we are working on the next
point i really want to highlight is coding fosters creativity and i know some of you watching us be
like what coding and creativity don't go together too if you were just talking about how coding uses
your logical side of the brain but equally so not just for front-end developers or front-end work
coding really fosters a lot of creativity it brings on this new way of thinking this
new way of viewing different problems you are trying to solve in and out of the world
out of the world meaning more so in your code but in the world meaning your day-to-day life
and it also brings on a ton of creativity because when you learn how to code you start seeing the
possibilities in the world differently and what i mean by that is if you think of a business idea or
a creation that you really want to to build or have put out into the world all of a sudden
when you know how to code even if you're not the one building or would be building that product
your ideas don't seem so crazy anymore knowing that this is possible with code makes your
creativity or at least for me anyways really skyrocket thinking of what you can build with code
or have others build with code when you understand the basics of coding
those are my main reasons as why everyone should learn how to code i'm curious to know though do
you agree with me do you disagree with me there's no right or wrong answer i think
everyone has different opinions based on their experiences so i'm curious to hear your thoughts
leave in the comments below at the end of the day coding i mean technology as a whole is
building and shaping our future our world and by understanding how that technology is being built
even on a very high level by understanding code i think it's essential nowadays or in my opinion
for everyone to understand that to really understand how we are building our future
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