By ZACH SIMS, Time
Programming is incredibly vital to our twenty-first-century economy—and not just to programmers. Learning to code helps people build a deeper understanding of the world around them and can help them to automate and improve their daily lives. And it creates higher-level job opportunities for un- and underemployed young people, some of whom will go on to found their own companies, or work for companies (in every industry) that now rely on technology to move forward. With our education system falling short, the answer lies with the Internet and entrepreneurs. A new generation of education entrepreneurs have started businesses like mine to help teach a new generation the most important skill they can learn at low or no cost, allowing any budding young entrepreneur or programmer to take part regardless of location or education. Let’s make sure we support them—and learn how to code while we’re at it.
http://business.time.com/2012/06/08/codecademy-founder-why-everyone-should-learn-programming/
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