Debbie Millman Quotes

Code is just a list of instructions. There are countries that are teaching it as part of the core curriculum. Having some experience in those early years is very important.

I believe coding is fundamental to literacy in the future.

My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

Technology is a nerdy field. That's why I called myself a 'geek.' It requires a lot of training and encouragement at a very young age.

We think coding should be required in every school because it's as important as any kind of second language.

We don't know how to actually code, but I wish that I did. It's so much harder than anyone could possibly imagine - it's like learning German.

Encourage public schools to teach American children how to code just after they learn to multiply.

I'm a little bit of a techie.

I think as automation gets even more and more prevalent, we're going to need to learn how to code. Everybody does.

Programs like ACE's Bootstrap Summer Camp teach our kids important computer coding skills that will allow them to design their own futures.

I did not grow up around computers, so technology was not a tool used every day in my household. I was drawn to computer science due to the creative nature of programming and the technology focus.

Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of the unlettered people of the Middle Ages who were told what to think by the literate priesthood. We had a Renaissance when more people could read and write; we'll have another one when everyone programs.

Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry

Learning how to code and program computers when I was a kid was one of the best choices I made growing up. By writing code, I learned how to bring my dreams to life, how to budget, and how to build stuff. Whatever path you choose in life - being an artist, an engineer, a lawyer, a teacher, or even a politician, you will give yourself a huge leg up if you learn how to code.

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.

Computing should be taught as a rigorous - but fun - discipline covering topics like programming, database structures, and algorithms. That doesn't have to be boring.

I'm thinking of going to programming school. Learn how to sit down at any computer and learn to do anything on it. That's all I have left and have interest in.

I wish I wasn't so technically challenged, because it puts you at a distinct disadvantage. I wish I could figure out a way to get more up to speed.

When you learn to code, it opens up for you to learn many other things.

If software's the only thing in your bag of tools, I'm not going to give you great odds.

If you don't have a job right now, and you have a computer and a basic intelligence level, I guarantee you can get a great job, paying really well, in less than three months. How? Learn to program.

Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code.

I'm very much a technical person.

I would be better at my job if I were technical.