Re: How young are the coders...
On 7 Dec 2005, at 11:09, Heather Nagey wrote: Interesting info there. A couple of things are possibly skewing perceptions of the average age of the community - youngsters likely can't afford to go to conferences so you probably wouldn't see them there, and I wonder how many of them have the dedication to wade through and participate in this list? I know for a fact we have some younger coders, one I know of is 15, so that takes your crown Andre :) This isn't to say we don't want more. We always want more, of any age, we are not ageist or sexist. I was teaching my 9 year old daughter to code in Rev on the train recently - she was intrigued with the possibility of making the CEO into a flying pig that circled the window (I was testing Arcade Engine at the time). Yeah - Rev shines at doing this, and is a great platform for educationalists. However though there are always bright young exceptions, the danger of the current strategy is that we do not attract and will tend to loose the best of the 18-25 year olds. It is my experience that despite the initial attraction, these young(ish) devlopers are motivated (via various pressures) to move on to more serious (read open source) coding platforms - this is where they gain there geek points. Rev is great for learning and teaching, it is great for rapidly deploying cross platform commercial solutions for small businesses. But it also has a firm place in rapidly developing, testing and deploying open source projects that are cool - largely because of the ease of creating rich cross platform clients that can put AJAX style interfaces to shame, also because of the rich media support. For that we need to attract the best young designers and keep / rebuild the bridge to those open source coders on Linux that are moving on to the stage of trying to get their usability and design up to commercial grade standards. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: How young are the coders...
And, my 4-1/2 yr. old twins positively try to climb into my laptop whenever they hear me working on an ABCs stack for them... Judy On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Todd Higgins wrote: I don't know if this counts, but my son is 5 years old, and he has enjoyed listening to me read from Dan's book : ) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
How young are the coders...
Interesting info there. A couple of things are possibly skewing perceptions of the average age of the community - youngsters likely can't afford to go to conferences so you probably wouldn't see them there, and I wonder how many of them have the dedication to wade through and participate in this list? I know for a fact we have some younger coders, one I know of is 15, so that takes your crown Andre :) This isn't to say we don't want more. We always want more, of any age, we are not ageist or sexist. I was teaching my 9 year old daughter to code in Rev on the train recently - she was intrigued with the possibility of making the CEO into a flying pig that circled the window (I was testing Arcade Engine at the time). Warm Regards, Heather Heather Nagey, Customer Support Manager Runtime Revolution Ltd www.runrev.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: How young are the coders...
Hi, I am currently teaching my Friends Son Alex (11) the wonders of RunRev! All the Best Dave Interesting info there. A couple of things are possibly skewing perceptions of the average age of the community - youngsters likely can't afford to go to conferences so you probably wouldn't see them there, and I wonder how many of them have the dedication to wade through and participate in this list? I know for a fact we have some younger coders, one I know of is 15, so that takes your crown Andre :) This isn't to say we don't want more. We always want more, of any age, we are not ageist or sexist. I was teaching my 9 year old daughter to code in Rev on the train recently - she was intrigued with the possibility of making the CEO into a flying pig that circled the window (I was testing Arcade Engine at the time). Warm Regards, Heather Heather Nagey, Customer Support Manager Runtime Revolution Ltd www.runrev.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: How young are the coders...
she was intrigued with the possibility of making the CEO into a flying pig that circled the window (I was testing Arcade Engine at the time). I would love to see that stack! :-) Speaking for germany, I know that quite a few of the folks that hang around at revolutionboard.de are far younger than 20. One of the most talented of them is 17. :-) All the best, Malte -- ArcadeEngine - prepare to WOW your audience within minutes http://www.runrev.com/section/revselect/arcadeengine http://www.derbrill.com/arcadeengine/forum ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: How young are the coders...
she was intrigued with the possibility of making the CEO into a flying pig that circled the window (I was testing Arcade Engine at the time). I would love to see that stack! :-) Speaking for germany, I know that quite a few of the folks that hang around at revolutionboard.de are far younger than 20. One of the most talented of them is 17. :-) I can't see how 17 is *far* under than 20 Guess it depends on how old you are! lol! Bye for Now Dave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: How young are the coders...
I don't know if this counts, but my son is 5 years old, and he has enjoyed listening to me read from Dan's book : ) -- Todd Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 7, 2005, at 9:28 AM, David Burgun wrote: she was intrigued with the possibility of making the CEO into a flying pig that circled the window (I was testing Arcade Engine at the time). I would love to see that stack! :-) Speaking for germany, I know that quite a few of the folks that hang around at revolutionboard.de are far younger than 20. One of the most talented of them is 17. :-) I can't see how 17 is *far* under than 20 Guess it depends on how old you are! lol! Bye for Now Dave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: How young are the coders...
Lol... my girl is 2 and she will very happily bash away at the keyboard. One time she even ripped a few keys off my laptop... Among other things she very much enjoys pressing the reset button when I haven't saved for a while ;-) I don't know if this counts, but my son is 5 years old, and he has enjoyed listening to me read from Dan's book : ) -- Todd Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 7, 2005, at 9:28 AM, David Burgun wrote: she was intrigued with the possibility of making the CEO into a flying pig that circled the window (I was testing Arcade Engine at the time). I would love to see that stack! :-) Speaking for germany, I know that quite a few of the folks that hang around at revolutionboard.de are far younger than 20. One of the most talented of them is 17. :-) I can't see how 17 is *far* under than 20 Guess it depends on how old you are! lol! Bye for Now Dave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
