Code.org Video

[vitinho444]

Hello guys, have you seen this video from code.org ?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVtvCAYBhTg[/youtube]

It's about teaching people to code..
And im gonna say one thing that may sound strange but is 100% true.. When i saw it.. i lost my purpose ..... i look back and all i've coded .. kinda sucks

Mostly games, not that good .. i just lost my purpose in coding you know.. i dont know what to do anymore.. (i wont suicide chill out xD) but.. i would like to code something useful to people, something i will get remembered for, "Hey did you know Vitor?" "Who ? The guy who created THAT?" "Yeah"


About the video, i think it speaks the truth and i loved it, super awesome.

[OoZI]

I saw that video the other day... I've already showed it to my principal, because we have no classes at our school that teach programming...

[srachit]

Saw it a few days ago and its pretty nice, but the entire concept is not new. Websites such as codeacademy and udacity have been trying ti teach programming for ages now and trying to spread the importance of programming. Codeacademy even has a teaching aid kit that you can use if you decide to train others in programming.

Also do not worry if what you have created till now has not changed the world, all these developers from Mark Zukerberg to Bill Gates, started with something small, mostly just a hello world program. Then they improved their skills and kept working on it till they got better and better. Also do not be dissapointed that you have not created a world revolutonary product yet, what I have noticed is that most of these products have a story behind them, something inspired the developers to create them. We all will face a problem in our life that'll inspire us to take action, the way you handle this problem will determine your success.

Lastly, continue making games, all you know you might become a successful game developer and provide fun and inspiration to thousands more!

[srachit]

One more thing, do not run behind fame, perfect your art and fame will come running to you.

[a_bertrand]

Nice video, there is one thing which however is not explained, and I do see it nearly every day. Not everybody is actually able to learn coding or code something more than the base thing. Why? Because you must have your ideas / brain somehow in the right shape for it. When you ask about recursion, nested loops, and even variables many will simply fail to understand it. So thinking that everyone can do that kind of job is actually not correct. It's like thinking that any of us could be a rock star, or the next Picasso. That simply is not question of investing time on it, you need to have somehow the little thing which makes you think as a coder. At least that's how I see it. Yet even having the right kind of mind doesn't make it all, you will need to invest A LOT of time on it. I'm 40Y old this year, and I still invest a lot of my time trying to learn things

To come back to the first comment from vitinho444: you should not run after the next "big buzz" thing, instead do something YOU need, YOU would love to have. If you do it right then maybe somebody else could be interested as well. If you run only for the next commercial thing, you usually have less chances to actually succeed.

[srachit]

Well alain, I agree with you that there needs to be a right kind of mind and thought process to program and not everyone can do so like not everyone can play the guitar or not everyone can draw beautifully like picasso.

But classes are still provided for guitar playing and drawing at schools, for people who might be good at it to unearth their hidden talent. I feel this initiative is trying to achieve the same thing, bring about coding classes and lessons in all schools just like they have art and music, so that people who do have the right kind of mind can unearth their talent!

[vitinho444]

Wow i wasn't seeing things like that...

Thanks a lot guys.

@srachit
Yeah the concept is not new, but the trailer is pretty good.
I won't run behind fame, but i have that feeling that i dont know enough to complete the project...

@bertrand
Yeah, its true not anyone can understand it, you always need will-power, lots of it.
About my comment, i will do that, from now on i will make games or software i really need, then it wont be such a problem to make since i want it.. And maybe someone shares the interest with me.

Thanks

[Jackolantern]

One more thing, do not run behind fame, perfect your art and fame will come running to you.

Excellent advice. Look at Node.js. When Ryan Dhal was first working on it, he has said he was worried no one would find any use in it, and that it was too niche. He thought he may just be making it for himself. But look at it now. It has changed the entire way servers are being looked at (C#, Java and others are playing catch-up with async).

And why has it exploded? Because he knew the space so well from years of experience that he could identify the problems (thread safety, system resources, etc.) and was able to formulate and execute a well-made solution. And now his name is well-known. But that is not what he set out to do. He was essentially playing around but then it exploded.