This article http://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2015/12/learn-to-code-its-harder-than-you-think.html … is like telling people not to take a first aid course because medicine is hard. 1/
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Again, if someone knows enough excel to improve their productivity, there's a very good chance learning to code will help them. 6/
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Just because someone doesn't have a Ph.D in English doesn't mean we discourage them from learning writing skills. 7/
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TLDR scripting languages have a nice "onboarding to productivity" curve. We should encourage more people to take the journey. 8/8
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@wycats I think there's a trend saying we should teach everyone programming. IMO not gonna happen. You're right too tho, not all or nothing. -
@Mrberggg The fact that there's a giant cliff between Excel and my-script.rb or .js is the real problem. -
@wycats For sure. The barrier to entry is getting lower tho. I remember trying C in high school, turned me off programming for a long time
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@wycats I like this approach! I’ve been saying that all orgs should have software people; alternatively all people can learn some coding.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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