Embarking On The Adventure

Every one knows that the coolest thing that kids can learn now is how to code to make even cooler things. If kids don't learn to code now they'd be like those old timers that used to shun learning the newfangled computer things in the eighties. "I've been doing very well for the last sixty years without compooters, thank you very much. I have no need for them!", they'd say. See what kind of jobs they's find now without knowing anything about using computers?! Coding, as I see it, is on a similar path today. Pretty soon all kids will be learning to code just like they learn any other language.

So, thinking this, I have been trying to get my son to take an interest in learning some sort of programming language. (I would have my daughter learn it too but she is more interested in arts - painting, sketching, dance, etc). The other day I found a website called Udacity, founded by Sebastian Thrun, Stanford Robotics research professor and the guy responsible for Google's self-driving cars. Udacity offers a beginners Python class, and I got both Sebastian, my son, and myself registered to take this class.

The class is self paced, with plenty of exercises and examples to make you feel comfortable. At the end of the class, which should take a not-too-hurried seven to eight weeks, Sebastian and I will end up with a home made search engine.

Who knows - we might give even Google a run for their money! :)