Re: Python for the kids and now PySpark

[Meena Rajani]

Mitch, you are right these days the attention span is getting shorter.
Christian could work on a completely new thing for 3 hours and is proud to
explain. It is amazing.

Thanks for sharing.



On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 9:40 PM Farshid Ashouri 
wrote:

> Mich, this is absolutely amazing.
>
> Thanks for sharing.
>
> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024, 22:26 Mich Talebzadeh, 
> wrote:
>
>> Python for the kids. Slightly off-topic but worthwhile sharing.
>>
>> One of the things that may benefit kids is starting to learn something
>> new. Basically anything that can focus their attention away from games for
>> a few hours. Around 2020, my son Christian (now nearly 15) decided to
>> learn a programming language. So somehow he picked Python to start with.
>> The kids are good when they focus. However, they live in a virtual reality
>> world and they cannot focus for long hours. I let him explore Python on his
>> Windows 10 laptop and download it himself. In the following video Christian
>> explains to his mother what he started to do just before going to bed. BTW,
>> when he says 32M he means 32-bit. I leave it to you to judge :) Now the
>> idea is to start learning PySpark. So I will let him do it himself and
>> learn from his mistakes.  For those who have kids, I would be interested to
>> know their opinion.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> Mich Talebzadeh,
>> Technologist | Architect | Data Engineer  | Generative AI | FinCrime
>> London
>> United Kingdom
>>
>>
>>view my Linkedin profile
>> 
>>
>>
>>  https://en.everybodywiki.com/Mich_Talebzadeh
>>
>>
>>
>> *Disclaimer:* The information provided is correct to the best of my
>> knowledge but of course cannot be guaranteed . It is essential to note
>> that, as with any advice, quote "one test result is worth one-thousand
>> expert opinions (Werner
>> Von Braun
>> )".
>>
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Re: Python for the kids and now PySpark

[Farshid Ashouri]

Mich, this is absolutely amazing.

Thanks for sharing.

On Sat, 27 Apr 2024, 22:26 Mich Talebzadeh, 
wrote:

> Python for the kids. Slightly off-topic but worthwhile sharing.
>
> One of the things that may benefit kids is starting to learn something
> new. Basically anything that can focus their attention away from games for
> a few hours. Around 2020, my son Christian (now nearly 15) decided to
> learn a programming language. So somehow he picked Python to start with.
> The kids are good when they focus. However, they live in a virtual reality
> world and they cannot focus for long hours. I let him explore Python on his
> Windows 10 laptop and download it himself. In the following video Christian
> explains to his mother what he started to do just before going to bed. BTW,
> when he says 32M he means 32-bit. I leave it to you to judge :) Now the
> idea is to start learning PySpark. So I will let him do it himself and
> learn from his mistakes.  For those who have kids, I would be interested to
> know their opinion.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Mich Talebzadeh,
> Technologist | Architect | Data Engineer  | Generative AI | FinCrime
> London
> United Kingdom
>
>
>view my Linkedin profile
> 
>
>
>  https://en.everybodywiki.com/Mich_Talebzadeh
>
>
>
> *Disclaimer:* The information provided is correct to the best of my
> knowledge but of course cannot be guaranteed . It is essential to note
> that, as with any advice, quote "one test result is worth one-thousand
> expert opinions (Werner  Von
> Braun )".
>
> -
> To unsubscribe e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org