My kids are always coming up with startup ideas. I decided the 10 yo is now old enough to hear the truth: if you want to start a startup, the thing to be doing at 10 is learning the things that will enable you to have good startup ideas at 20. How to program especially.
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Code is only useful in expressing an intent. The intent is far more important than the code, and can be captured more succinctly and accurately *outside* of the constraints of code. It's "I have a dream" versus DONKEY.BAS and it's no contest
You could with equal truth (i.e. not very much) say the same of writing. But you don't have ideas and then write them down. The process of writing generates ideas. The same is true of programming.
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More so with Lisp and functional Languages
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If the goal is to explore ideas, code is to high a fidelity way to explore. Use the highest level of abstraction u can, for easier communication. For " find a problem worth solving", speech is best, writing is most as good. Code=cumbersome.
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My goal this year is to learn to code for this exact reason. Have no intentions of being an engineer but want to learn new ways to think.
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You'll also find that you understand engineers better.
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