"Companies could increase the representation of younger people in programming by paying extra money to programmers below a certain age."
With ageism being considered "natural", what about giving incentive for old developers to keep coding instead ?
With ageism being considered "natural", what about giving incentive for old developers to keep coding instead ?
Or maybe self-serving and naive/idealistic would be better terms. But you get the idea.
Indeed any consistent argument in favor of motivating people to program would at least mention aging programmers and no such mention is to be found, or at least I never noticed it.
When I say "everyone should know how to code" what I mean is that everyone should know how to open a spreadsheet and do calculations, conditionals, iterative calculations, &c. From there I feel it's natural to then teach them a little of something along the lines of Python to do some simple calculations and algorithms.
I mean that people shouldn't be afraid to use a computer to do (gasp) computations. I don't think everyone will be a coder, engineer, or architect. I don't even think most people will enjoy it, per say, but they should know how to do it (just like someone people complain about having to take math, music, or art), using a ubiquitous tool should be part of a basic curriculum.
>Indeed any consistent argument in favor of motivating people to program would at least mention aging programmers and no such mention is to be found, or at least I never noticed it.
I have no idea what you mean
>I have no idea what you mean
Our industry has a fierce bias against older people, and indeed keeping an eye on HN for relevant stories shows that even top talent can be left to hang. If you're around at a company for long enough you'll see how some senior folk are fired and replaced by fresh college grads, sometimes after grooming those newbies for a while.
Also, just because people have shop class doesn't mean that everyone will become a carpenter.