i consider myself lucky...
im 16 now and have been programming for 2 years.
i likely wouldnt be doing this at all if it werent for my amazing programming program (hah) at school.
in middle school my neighbor who was taking classes at the high school would have me beta test his pascal programs. i was like dude! thats cool
so when i was a freshman i took computer science I and learned pascal, took a semester in java then earlier this year a semester in c++. we really have an amazing teacher, other high schools in the area offer visual basic as the introductory course, i talk to them about c++ and they say, "ive heard its to hard, and i can do everything with vb"
im now in an independent study class where we can either learn a new language or continue with an old one and work on our own projects. i wrote a pacman program in c++ with sdl and now im learning python, most other kids do vb.
most kids just dont know about it, i know i wouldnt have...
it was summed up nicely earlier, its because there isnt a need to.
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i consider myself lucky... im 16 now and have been programming for 2 years. i likely wouldnt be doing this at all if it werent for my amazing programming program (hah) at school. in middle school my neighbor who was taking classes at the high school would have me beta test his pascal programs. i was like dude! thats cool so when i was a freshman i took computer science I and learned pascal, took a semester in java then earlier this year a semester in c++. we really have an amazing teacher, other high schools in the area offer visual basic as the introductory course, i talk to them about c++ and they say, "ive heard its to hard, and i can do everything with vb" im now in an independent study class where we can either learn a new language or continue with an old one and work on our own projects. i wrote a pacman program in c++ with sdl and now im learning python, most other kids do vb. most kids just dont know about it, i know i wouldnt have... it was summed up nicely earlier, its because there isnt a need to.