[neaanopri]

I think that many people have difficulty learning to code in college because many of them aren't that enthusiastic about it. At least anecdotally, many people at my school are in computer science because that's where the zeitgeist is. If it was the eighties they'd be getting ready for law school.

I think that people would do much better in intro CS classes if we could get rid of some of the hype around programming and tech in general, and treat it like other courses. That way, far more of the students would be genuinely interested in the subject.