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by _skhan_
1447 days ago
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True, I'm thinking of the average 14 year old who is well, average. Do you really think the average kid spends their time writing code? Anyways, the part I'm considering insane is the parents, should have clarified. Career opportunities for a 14 year old, sheesh. If the kid wants to learn programming, there are much better avenues then going to sit in an office. For example, they can make a game mod / Roblox game, etc. |
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Sure. But it's clearly not about learning programming... it's about work experience, and therefore, in part, about possible future career choices.
Nobody thinks sending their kid on a week of work experience is going to teach them much about programming. That's not the motivation here at all.
> For example, they can make a game mod / Roblox game, etc.
— How do you know the kid isn't already tinkering with that kind of thing already?
> Do you really think the average kid spends their time writing code?
No, not at all. I never said the 'average kid' writes code at 14. But some kids of that age certainly do. I did.
And who says this is an 'average kid' anyhow — they might not be at all, clearly they're somewhat of a nerd/geek kid, particularly if they're interested in spending their work experience week with a software development team / a software developer / tech company.
And even if they are the 'average kid', anyone can learn to code — arguably one has somewhat of an advantage if one starts at an early age.
> Career opportunities for a 14 year old, sheesh.
Here in the UK, it's pretty normal for school-age kids to do a week of work experience whilst at secondary school. It's usually organised by the school. Not everyone does it, but the option is there.
After all, kids leave school — and, if they don't choose to go to college, can go into work — at 16.
It's not about the kid going into work at 14. Far from it.
> the part I'm considering insane is the parents
With respect: I think our conversation here says more about your own beliefs, than it does about the parents, or the kid, or the purpose of work experience.
— You can read more about what work experience is actually about (it's not about learning programming) and how it works, at least in the UK (where I am — but it'll be similar in other countries too), here:
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/work-experience-your-ch...