Is 14 a good age to start coding?
Some 21.1 percent of HackerRank's respondents said they kicked off their coding career between the ages of 11 and 15 (before they could legally drive!), while another 4.8 percent did so before they turned 10 (probably before their parents let them leave the house unsupervised!).
That's why your kids should learn. Learning to code is hard. It's frustrating and confusing and at times feels downright impossible.
If we want to set our children up for academic success, every child should learn to code. Coding for kids not only helps improve their mathematics and writing skills but also gives them valuable skills in life and eventually in the workforce.
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Kautilya Katariya became the world's youngest computer programmer when he was just six years old. Kautilya, now eight years old, is budding to become the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs after developing his own AI software.
Elon started coding at a very young age. He taught himself BASIC at the very young age of 10, and that too in the days before the internet. At the age of 12, he created the video game BLASTER, sold the source code to a PC magazine for $500, and had it published.