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Are you encouraging your kids (or kids of family / friends) to code?

Survey period: 17 May 2021 to 24 May 2021

Are you teaching (or merely encouraging) kids around you to follow in your footsteps? If so, how's it going (or not going)?

OptionVotes% 
Yes I did, and they are now developers525.34
Yes I am, and it's going well495.04
Yes, but they are only doing really basic stuff596.06
I tried but coming up with something to fire their enthusiasm was hard646.58
I tried but they lost interest after fighting with tools / libraries / version conflicts / bad171.75
I tried, but they didn't have the patience / enthusiasm / interest to continue18619.12
No, I haven't (but I thought about it)22623.23
There's no way I want to encourage kids to be developers.38539.57
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
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Nelek18-May-21 0:43
protectorNelek18-May-21 0:43 
GeneralHell no! Pin
Sander Rossel16-May-21 22:27
professionalSander Rossel16-May-21 22:27 
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Mike (Prof. Chuck)17-May-21 6:22
professionalMike (Prof. Chuck)17-May-21 6:22 
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theoldfool18-May-21 2:23
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raddevus19-May-21 9:23
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Sander Rossel19-May-21 18:41
professionalSander Rossel19-May-21 18:41 
GeneralMissing answer! PinPopular
Johnny J.16-May-21 21:17
professionalJohnny J.16-May-21 21:17 
"I don't have any kids!" D'Oh! | :doh:

As for my cats, they like to use the computer, but so far, all their code has had bugs and syntax errors in it...
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GeneralShe did some Android/Java when she was 12... PinPopular
Mike (Prof. Chuck)16-May-21 18:57
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