The snarky analogy doesn’t really really work because plenty of people actually do credit video games for their successful career, myself included. Thanks, Roblox.

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nylonstrung 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm guessing that Roblox will be responsible for more people learning programming than essentially any other single entity

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burnto 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And plenty of great authors start with fanfic. Like actually. But apologies the snark landed that way. I was not intending to diminish people learning via game modding at all.

What I found irritating in the post is the premise that what we put in front of kids should be judged by counts of attributions to career success.

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zephen 17 hours ago | parent [-]

> What I found irritating in the post is the premise that what we put in front of kids should be judged by counts of attributions to career success.

For a start, that's effectively the premise it's sold on. And for another thing, if it's not contributing to the kind of thinking that would help with that job, what is it other than another esoteric game?

	▲	burnto 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There are many things that no one will think to later attribute to “career success” that were in fact foundational to their learning and development. In my experience it’s designed around a make/build/experiment pedagogical approach, not as a bootcamp system to get kids into programming careers