Coded Thoughts

I actually first tried my hand at coding in 8th grade. I was invited, along with 20 other girls, including one of my best friends, from my school to go to a tech business for a “Geek Girls” or girls in science event. We got to spend the day doing different tech activities, meeting those who worked at the business, and having lunch at the business, pretty cool for a middle schooler. 

One of the things I distinctly remember was building the most basic of codes for the most basic of apps. My friend and I programmed a cartoon cat to “meow” when clicked through the apps interface. For a girl who’s computer experience up to that point was computer games, typing lessons, making cheesy pamplet projects on Microsoft publisher, and researching for short papers, it was pretty techy. 

Today I was reminded of coding by my web browser where I noticed it was computer science education week and Google is offering a simple coding platform, similar to my cat app…with a couple more layers. It reminded me of just how different education is nowadays, and how schools are trying to teach more useful and technical information as time goes on. 

Now I don’t plan on being a computer coder any times soon, but who knows, maybe someday I’ll learn it and make it part of my job. 

It’s a reminder that getting a fresh perspective on something you tried long ago can add to an attitude of #alwayslearning.