The Code Revolution Information

Build Servers. Learn Python and Java Programming with Minecraft. I have been in the IT industry for over 15 years. I have been developing software (i.e. coding) for the better part of that (almost 12 years). I started as a software developer for the US Navy, moved on to work for the largest law firm in the Southeast and finally for one of the largest financial services firm in the US here in the Tampa Bay area. This has given me a lot of opportunity to develop enterprise level software, work with incredibly smart people as well as manage the software development process (including projects, people and budgets). But besides writing code one of my favorite activities is mentoring. There is something genuinely rewarding supporting someone that is learning and seeing them grow. Over the course of the last few years in the corporate world I have had the opportunity to manage a team and through this experience I have come to learn a lot about myself. Two of these things are that I love playing with technology and I love helping others learn and grow. But what struck me as awkward is that I had no idea how to teach my two boys (age 7 and almost 10) how to code. When I first saw Scratch I thought Wow! Thats kinda cool but I didnt really give it much attention. Once I started spending some time in these technologies and exploring whats available for kids I realized there was a problem. If its difficult for a professional software developer to teach kids to code, it must be impossible for anyone else. This is a big reason why I started the Code Revolution. I want to empower kids, to give them a skillset that they can use for work or for fun. In a world where technology is ubiquitous its almost a necessity for kids to understand how computers operate at a deeper level. And to compete with countries like India and China we have to have more coders. The US Burea of Labor Statistics forecasts software developer jobs to grow at 24% from now until 2026, much faster than the average. ...