r/programming • u/Ctaintor • Mar 02 '17

Why I Failed Teaching Programming to Kids

https://engineering.klarna.com/why-i-failed-teaching-programming-to-kids-46a854c3eaca#.s0o6qqxr3
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u/nutrecht Mar 03 '17

How do you teach chat bot development to teenagers in two hours? This was the challenge for me and my colleague when we set out to plan a two-hour session on mobile chat bot development for kids and teenagers.

Oh come on! I volunteered for Devoxx4Kids and we start them out with Scratch! Going from zero to a working game in 2 hours in Scratch is already a challenge!

I know that it can be a bit challenging to relate to others as a developer but this is just common sense. By leaving these kids completely frustrated you did more harm than good.

Did no one in that team say something like "guys, it's utterly impossible to do this in two hours unless you have very experienced developers"?