I promise you it will only open doors, in your mind, imagination, doors to better job opportunities, & on & on.
Recently, it's been playing on mind cos I've noticed the stark contrast between my peers/friends who know how to code (even if just a wee bit) and those who do not.
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Really intelligent and kind people who have never been given this advice have been affected seriously, professionally, personally, by their lack of programming skills. And there is no reason for this — they just never had somebody say: "learn to code — trust me just do it."
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So here I am saying: trust me — just learn how to code. Open up a tab in your browser and go through the basic http://codecademy.com stuff. Yes, it's really important.
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In fact being able to code is what saved my life (100% literally) at least twice. It's why I still have a job in science, it's also how a landed a PhD place.
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So yeah, just do it. Even if you get stuck on what a for loop is or have trouble understanding logic tables or object orientation. It is worth it. Learn how to code.




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Sorry to all those who have missed out on careers because your undergraduate courses didn't bother to stress coding.
I am trying to change this for the next generations, and you can fix this for yourself too. It's never too late.





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I'm sorry to hear that. My MSc and my undergrads as well a visiting high school student loved it. So you think it's because you're already doing a PhD that you essentially don't have the time?
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OK, my experience teaching undergraduate students to code, has generally been really successful so FWIW my materials are here (week 1):http://neuroplausible.com/connectionism
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