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by SixSigma 3881 days ago
Add into that, when I was at school I learned to code on a Research Machines 380Z in C/PM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Machines_380Z

Then a ZX81, then a BBC Micro

What would now be utterly useless skills if I was suddenly in need of adding some code to my work years later.

Ten years ago AJAX was just appearing [1], Web 2.0 was the buzz, and the iPhone was 2 years away. What would you teach kids today to equip them for their work in 2025 ?

[1] http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2005/11/javascript_a...