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21st Century and Coding

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● Orjiewuru Kingdom ● Software Engineer @ Andela ● Twitter @kingisaac95

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What is computer programming (coding)? ● Programming is telling a computer how to do certain things by giving it instructions. ● These instructions are called programs. ● A person who writes instructions is a computer programmer. ● These instructions come in different languages; they are called programming languages.

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Why should you learn how to code? ● Technology is everywhere ● Improve your problem-solving and logic skills ● It makes you better at what you already do ● Coding know-how can lead to other (and often better) opportunities ● Coding skills give you flexibility

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Efforts so far to help people learn how to code ● CoderDojo ● CodeLagos ● TeenCode Africa

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What benefit have been seen thus far? ● Career path ● Impact ○ Personal life ○ Community

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Career paths ● Web Development ● Mobile Development ● System Analysis ● DevOps ● Game Development ● Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Applications of programming

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Home Automation Classroom Automation Industry Automation

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Questions?