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| I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Mamaab: 5:06pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
Good day professionals. I have a 9yr old son who I think will fare well in either computer programming, software developer, software & hardware engineer or so. I am just a regular computer user who have zero knowledge on the aforementioned prospects. Pls, someone should tell me where to start from. I am more inclined to the software/hardware prospects Is his age too small? Do we have specialised learning centres that I can enrol him? Thanks in advance 7 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Karleb(m): 5:18pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
Put a computer at home. Most people developed interest in programming simply because they had a computer at home. 126 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by tensazangetsu20(m): 5:18pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
The age is not too small. Your son can start off learning scratch then move on to a language like C or C++ at his age money isn't a factor so it would be good to learn things like that. He can also go a step further to learn data structures and algorithms and start competing with his mates on solving hard programming questions. Don't allow anyone say your son is too young. Go and check the age of kids participating at the international Olympiads for informatics or google and Facebook code jam. They are mostly within the age range of 9 to 16. 81 Likes 5 Shares |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by The5DME(m): 5:21pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
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| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Mamaab: 5:33pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
lalastinclala:On the contrary, preparing him for the future at a young age will do him a lot of good.. you only have to know where his interest lies 28 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Mamaab: 5:34pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
lalastinclala:Hmm 11 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Manhood85(m): 5:35pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
You can introduce him to scratch and then Python. 4 Likes |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Draslo(m): 5:40pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
Have you wondered what he wants? I thought we're now past imposing careers on kids. 32 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Mamaab: 5:46pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
Draslo:Am not imposing a career on him sir. Am only following his interest and moreover, laying a foundation for him will save him a lot of stress later in life 37 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Mamaab: 5:52pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
Mode please, help me to promote this topic. I really dont understand the high level languages been spoken here. All I ask is if we have specialised centres to groom young children especially in software/hardware engineering.. Please, help me mode 4 Likes |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by stanliwise(m): 6:11pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
Mamaab:For the main time register him with a tutor or a learning hub that deal with range of computer skills. He by the himself would make his choice. If that is not possible. Let him start with coding, and with right tutor. And then watch his interest over time. 4 Likes |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Draslo(m): 6:17pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
Mamaab:In any case, learning programming will help him in any career he chooses. Just don't be the one choosing for him. Good luck. 3 Likes |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by spice123(m): 6:59pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
lalastinclala:And you think that video game players don't make money online? That was how drone pilots started. 10 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by abdulahi90(m): 7:14pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
Mamaab: really? you want front page? the advice you get here never do you? 5 Likes |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by dimugonabo: 8:36pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
You want your so be a programmer... Does your son want it? 12 Likes |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by meobizy(f): 9:25pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
Mamaab:If you don’t understand the lingo used now then moving the thread to the front page won’t help your matter. Teach yourself how to program first, it will make introducing him to the concept easy. You say you don’t know anything regarding computers, there are training schools littering every street where you can pick up the basics. What, are you afraid to pay to learn new tricks? 1 Like |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Nobody: 10:26pm On Apr 23, 2021 |
There are multiple parts to this but one I can recommend is that you the parent also take an interest in tech. Kids tend to gravitate to what their parents do. I took an interest in something my mom was doing and got very very good at it early. I don’t code professionally yet but I’ve never had tech phobia in school and some thing I’d recommend for that is just having an inbuilt sense for abstraction and playing lots of video games. And then math boot camp my parents made us attend as kids. With kids I tend to prefer focusing on foundational interests like reading and developing math aptitude early. As they get older their interests may veer off in different directions. But it’s not out of order to point them toward tech since that has become integral to most other disciplines. Even if you end up loving biology and the life sciences, knowing how to code just increases your value that much more 8 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Xinjin: 6:31pm On Apr 24, 2021 |
It is good you want your son to be a programmer. But does he want to b one? |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by LikeAking: 9:12pm On Apr 29, 2021 |
By the time he becomes an adult web dev/programing etc might be casted. something will be trending by then. Relaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Kaka5(m): 11:37pm On Apr 29, 2021 |
I suggest you watch some YouTube tutorials on getting started. One of my favourite programming channel on YouTube is Caleb curry channel. Direct link to his channel: https://youtube.com/c/CalebTheVideoMaker2 You can also check out other programming channels.. After having clear knowledge you can now know which programming language your son will learn first. Preferably Python is a good programming language for beginners because of its nature of simplicity. Many programmers out there do not have degree or so called certificate. Most of them are self taught making use of different platforms like YouTube and google. You can also enroll in courses online from platform like Udemy Udemy has both free and paid courses You also check out some free and paid courses here : https://www.codebreakthrough.com/ultimate-programming-all-in-one-tutorials/28to3 You can download them directly to you system and guide your son while watching the videos. Its not that difficult because the course instructor explains everything in details. 2 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by 4dor: 12:52am On Apr 30, 2021 |
Mamaab: Start from here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcOcxKWgnps 4 Likes |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Offpoint1: 12:10pm On Apr 30, 2021 |
Is that what He wants for himself? Do you know if he wants a to be a porn-star or a programmer? Buhari wanted to be a cow rarer, but some people forced him to be a President, now we have a disaster. If our parents let us enjoyed our Monkey post and street football then, by now some of us would have been competing with Messi and Ronaldo. Let the child decides what he wants 4 Likes |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by shiki(m): 12:12pm On Apr 30, 2021 |
 same here ... I'm following |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by Nobody: 12:12pm On Apr 30, 2021 |
I think he is still too young to be exposed to that level of IT knowledge. I think you should just let him learn the basics first like desktop publishing and computer appreciation. I remember when I did my desktop publishing diploma program, we had a boy his age in our midst too and he coped well. So let him start off with that. Then when he's much older and knows his right from wrong, you can encourage him to go into programming by what time his interest would have been built in that area. |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by obasi101(m): 12:12pm On Apr 30, 2021 |
Don't force d young lad, allow Him follow his own dreams |
| Re: I Want My Son To Be A Programmer, How Do I Go About It by INTEGRITYA1(m): 12:12pm On Apr 30, 2021 |
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