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On Wednesday 22 June 2005 06:52, Amir Michail wrote:
> It may not help you directly.  But one of the goals of such a system
> would be to make the general public more aware of what software
> development is really like.  This in turn might increase enrollment in
> computer science and participation in open source projects.

I would rather people picked up programming because they liked programming,=
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not because they wanted to be a rock star.  Many people found this out the=
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hard way after the tech bubble burst after they had already put 2 years int=
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a Computer Science degree since they had heard that being a programmer will=
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net you millions and a Ferrari.

Regards,
 - Michael Pyne

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