---- On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:42:40 +1100 Jim Birch wrote ---- > I don't get this idea that everyone should be coding an app. It's a > specialized area with limited opportunities.. It would be much more > productive to teach people how to evaluate, customise and use IT > services. This skill is much more likely to provide employment. That, > or plumbing. Jim
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