Outreachy: an intern's perspective

Posted Mar 15, 2016 8:36 UTC (Tue) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)
In reply to: Outreachy: an intern's perspective by k8to
Parent article: Outreachy: an intern's perspective

There's a least decade long latency between girls starting to play games and appearing at the job market.

Outreachy: an intern's perspective

Posted Mar 15, 2016 16:04 UTC (Tue) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link] (1 responses)

Yes, but the two things have basically been trending in opposite directions for 15 years or so.

Outreachy: an intern's perspective

Posted Mar 17, 2016 9:40 UTC (Thu) by NAR (subscriber, #1313) [Link]

Maybe it has nothing to do with games today. 30 years ago only gamers had computers at home, nowadays they are ubiquitous in the developed world. But I still do think it's the 10 years old girls that should be introduced to programming - it's way too late to address adults.