Published On Oct 20, 2024
Reacting to Code.org's first YouTube video and calling out key flaws with learn-to-code propaganda.
Here is the original video from Code.org: • What Most Schools Don't Teach
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:46 Thumbnail Analysis
1:54 Intro
2:29 Inflated Titles
4:06 Oversimplifying the Practice of Coding
6:19 Understating Mental Chops Required
7:08 Overstating Applicability to Other Fields
8:08 Weird High Tech Montage
8:54 Glorifying Office Life
13:47 Romanticizing Entrepreneurship
16:32 Putting Techies on a Pedestal
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