These days, it seems that when I ask great 20-something-year-old programmers (or whatever term we use) at what age they started to program computers, I the answer is usually 10+. I wonder if it will be the same in 20 years? How young will it go?
It was the same 10 years ago. Presumably it will be as low as it was when programmable computers were first deployed to homes with kids. It might get older if kids get too much video games that don't inspire them to program the machine.
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These days, it seems that when I ask great 20-something-year-old programmers (or whatever term we use) at what age they started to program computers, I the answer is usually 10+. I wonder if it will be the same in 20 years? How young will it go?
It was the same 10 years ago. Presumably it will be as low as it was when programmable computers were first deployed to homes with kids. It might get older if kids get too much video games that don't inspire them to program the machine.