You Should Learn to Program: Christian Genco at TEDxSMU

[@hkase3228]

“1400 why should I learn how to read “ “2028 why should I learn how to program “ This’s the most convincing for the reason to learn programming ever !

[@sukhrabbabadjanov4750]

👏😃😉😍😍😍🤗👏👏🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿🙌

[@YoungDen]

How did 2012 turn into 2028

[@dineshshahu36]

Wow

[@marihell4296]

@@kiwid this must be 2100

[@angelsantos7033]

all futuristic cyber security and those technologies in 2030 covinced me to learn proggrammimg after i played the sigma theory pc game lol

[@navalkumarshukla9447]

That's exactly what I wanted from a TED talk - short, informative, motivating and fun, this guy just did it perfectly.

[@parimalbakrola3402]

Three years ago this was one of the Ted Talks that motivated me to learning programming. I was already learning programming, it just made me more passionate about it.

[@nirmalrockz2252]

Exactly

[@erixtf4413]

How good are you now?

[@HB-xw6im]

Hey, hows life now?

[@Murimz]

HOW IS LIFE NOW

[@parimalbakrola3402]

Sorry guys I might have disabled all kinds of notifications so I didn't get your questions. I got a job as a Front-End Developer at a small Software Development company. Since the company was small I had to do all kinds of Design related stuff from Design Logos + Branding to Wireframing and UI design in Photoshop/XD along with usual Front-End Coding. 2nd year on the Job I was essentially leading the Design Team. But Due to too much workload and very little salary and potential for growth I decided to quit the job and never to work in small companies. I am currently doing freelancing and now to get some stability, I have decided to master UX Design and get a job at a big company where they know how to keep theit employees happy. I'm sure my experience and knowledge of Graphic Design and Front-End Development will give me an edge as a UX Designer.

[@Unlucky13ification]

He basically described what computational thinking is. I like that he said not to become a computer programmer and to take coding and apply it to your job. If I get good at coding, I'll figure out how to apply it to my kitchen cleaning job

[@ana_sta_sia]

So, Why you should learn to program? 1) Programming makes you smarter. 4:47 2) Computers grow faster than you. 6:44 3) You're lazy. 8:03

[@ionpopescu3167]

The second one is really relevant nowadays.

[@josedonato9471]

just saw this in 2019 and i think it's more relevant than ever. lovely talk

[@Avonavi232]

You're right we should've started learning coding earlier..

[@CaressLorthaya]

He speaks REALLY well. Damn. I guess I'll go ahead and take that public speaking class.

[@deadalusdx5637]

+CaressasPassion You are beautiful!

[@CaressLorthaya]

Deadalus DX Thank you!!!!

[@TheGameplayTVi]

+CaressasPassion and your voice is beautiful xD

[@CaressLorthaya]

The Gameplay TV Awwwwwww THANK YOU!

[@animeempire4878]

+Deadalus DX savage !!! hahhaahahahha you made my day xD

[@nirmalrockz2252]

one of the best videos you can find on the internet. The way he delivered the Idea is fair enough to change a person's life. I watch this video everyday before I start learning my programming. I recommend you to do the same. Thanks a lot Chris for making our lives better with your 10 minutes of speech

[@ChristianGenco]

Oh hey what a nice thing to say! I'm so happy to have helped you on your programming journey.

[@whatdone8434]

I shall automate programming

[@SteelmanArgument]

+Socialitious Programception

[@blasttrash]

Why? So you can take credit for his work? ... Juz kidding. :D :P

[@183harsh]

We call some of those cases AI

[@taxoon]

Lmao

[@junoxii6181]

AI will replace programmer in future

[@luizbattistel7762]

omg why did he only have 10 minutes lol Id have listened to him for an hour or more

[@animeempire4878]

i would also . :D

[@ivayloborov3462]

Well he said everything we needed in 10 mins, which others would have in hours.

[@Mallchad]

Ivaylo Borov he is a lazy man.

[@dcabral00]

I think this is the best TedTalk I have ever seen!

[@haydenwilsonx]

Very engaging speaker

[@alanroberts7916]

When some of my friends became addicted to videogames it seemed apparent to me that there are two sides to a computer; the people who made money from computers, and the people that spent money on computers, one way or another. I wanted to be one of the people that made money or profited in some way or other from my computer. So I taught myself beginners all-purpose symbolic instruction code language. Basic was too slow for the graphics that I wanted to do on my Commodore 64 (8-bit) computer. So I typed in the assembler and went to work on learning 'machine' language. I remember feeling elated the day I found out I could print the letter A so fast it filled up the screen almost instantly. I can't say I've made money from computers since I've never really tried to. But I can't measure the amount of fun and confidence that I've gained throughout the years.

[@joegoldburg4352]

You are awesome and I loved this comment

[@HashemAbed]

That was an inspiring and beautiful presentation. I was thinking about the same predicament but never realize how much we waste of computer power by being lazy users who refuse to learn programming because it is hard or because there is always someone else to do it for us. Well done Christian!

[@mohammedatnane4753]

You said pretty much everything of what I wanted to say

[@hjkdhuhd]

In fact, its not even that "hard" when you get the point about programming

[@bradmorgan60]

I just started learning and i find it addictive. It’s so much fun

[@eddieperez8111]

@C. J Codeacademy is great but it is a $20 a month subscription but theres several other great free courses. Python seems to be the programming language most recommended for beginners

[@raitasorin]

So far this is the most Powerful Keynote in just 10 and 25s Ever i have been heard on whole entire Life

[@vladi1475S]

I like at 3:39 “I should learn to program” and when he giggles, he wasn’t expecting that everyone would repeat with him. 😄 awesome video btw

[@gabbiksi]

This is why I'm learning to code. Great video and thank you for more motivation. I'm definitely seeing the magic.

[@MohaDou]

2012 : you still smarter than computer but for how much longer ?! 2020: now it's the time

[@sanjeevi567]

Wow, what a wonderful and intriguing yet interactive talk I have ever seen! The milestone of this speech is, 'What NASA used the computer for calculations, we use it for gaming

[@hkase3228]

I’m a senior college student and just started to study programming. I’ll study with consistency of 2 hours a day for 6 months . Can’t wait to reach the magical point

[@Jesse-cx3sk]

Did you?

[@creatographer1]

Did you?

[@Blobfish781]

I feel like it's a sin if I wont learn programming in my lifetime being in this generation so thank you for selling me into this Christian!

[@ChristianGenco]

You're welcome :D

[@ডুহালালভাই]

Congratulation!! He is inspiring for a decade, Commenting in 2020 :)

[@MrNiceguy3210]

I literally got into programming only last week, and I realised that if I learn C#, it could help me manipulate computers to make jobs easier. To think that we waste so much power on apps like flappy bird when we could be solving unimaginable problems. Plus, it would make me feel smarter and I would get to work with Unity. Bonus.

[@kagoTshabota]

+Niceguy3210 , I think flappy bird isn't really a waste of time. It can serve as a parthway of a practice to see how to solve small programming tasks so that the next time you program you are a more experienced problem solver. It's just baby steps, not the amount of coding involved, but the process of coding.

[@nissrinerezzouk7262]

one of the best Ted talks i've ever watched

[@kanankontorovsky6537]

Now this is what gives me motivation and inspiration to becoming a programmer!

[@Unc1ecee]

Talk about sex - get a million views in a year...talk about a topic that has the potential of changing a person life - get less than 200k views in 5 years. sigh...the world we live in. Great video, great presentation and plenty of food for thought.

[@bonny6168]

Touche

[@sherryYYC]

534k views in 8 years now..

[@tusharmittal9290]

@@sherryYYC 542k views uptil 31 jan 2020

[@downtherabbithole2759]

January 2021, views count is just over 638k. super good video with a great message! its sad, censorship is here now.. how many people will ever see this now?

[@Avonavi232]

Such a mishap! I think people should've rethought their priorities.

[@sizwezwane1106]

Inspiring! Literally impressive. All or nothin ! DREAMS WILL COME TRUE.

[@enrico8730]

Thanks, this helped motivate me to study the world of computer science!

[@0ptimal]

How'd it turn out? You coding? You look like a programmer, lol.

[@saidwahmane2778]

wssup

[@wizardazeris6385]

Wow already six years! You must be a programmer now

[@hmm3437]

Wow, I looked at your playlists and there were some recent videos, which meant you're still coding. Great job man!

[@LationAndLacrum]

I think this is the first Ted Talk to actually change my life.

[@MikaelNevear]

this got me so hyped for programming, thanks dude

[@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge]

one of the best videos on youtube on the topic of 'why to become a programmer'

[@ryanchadha6907]

Super talk! Fun and engaging, and makes an otherwise boring topic come to life. See you on the Forbes list...

[@danielaboo1102]

Programming is great! Imagine all your ideas that you had and couldn't do. With programming you will no longer have this problem. At the beginning I also thought that Its too hard to program and everything, but when I found some great tutorials I saw how actually easy it is! I learned a lot in just one week,

[@danielaboo1102]

There are lots of great tutorials out there. I learned apple's swift in youtube, but also I learned little in iTunes U. And codacademy.com is great to start programming in html and python.

[@tubexjagger]

how old where u when you learnt to code? and how long did it take?

[@MansSuperPower]

Great Public Speaker. Thanks for the motivation.

We need more enthusiasts like him !!

[@ilvsa7862]

Beautiful, well described.👌👏

[@Omnifonist]

"Programming makes you smarter." You can easily see how smart he is

[@missionpupa]

Programming and writing are both mental exercises. If you noticed, programming is pretty much writing.

[@MarelisaFabrega]

This was brilliant. And he's so right. I wonder how many things I could do with my computer to make my life easier if I just knew what could be done, and how to do it. I've already taken the first steps to learn to code!

[@remigiuskazungu9905]

Mind if you fill me in on how to start coding!

[@ianpaul0520]

this whole session doesn't make me bored at all

[@costnnza]

what a fun and awesome talk. Great job, Chris!

[@naybobdenod]

An excellent talk and thank you so much for your time. Sincerely JF ( UK )

[@kmvr6046]

this is THE best TED video

[@jomac_ph]

watching this in 2020, before choosing which programming language I should learn first. Great content!

[@Zulfurin]

2:51 IS THAT A TOM THUM REFERENCE!!???! LOVE THIS!!!

[@pyves7932]

2020 and this is still a very very relevant message

[@jay20112012]

he not wrong about programmers being lazy. I once spent 6 months writing a programming that will save me a two minutes everyday as well as to automate things because I could not be bothered to do it everyday

[@ionpopescu3167]

@@frightone How far have you got?

[@omarroa811]

Yeah!... I love programming :) It's a mix of creativity, art and technology...

[@skimanization]

A motivational speech, and soon I'll start learning to program!!!

[@azmainkhan9998]

"If you have a difficult task to do, give it to a lazy man, he will find an easier way to do it" -------- I wish Mr. Henry Ford was alive at this time.

[@77714anthony]

That last quote is basically how everything works now a days

[@Brainbuster]

Mark the time.

[@brsr82]

Dude just inspired me to learn a program...Genco u rock.

[@nenadkovacevic3451]

how's it going?

[@plyjhny]

"Focusing on coding inflates the importance of finding the “right” method to solve a problem rather than the importance of understanding the problem."

[@darleyt1]

I learnt python and work with GIS systems. A simple language, but I see opportunities almost everywhere to automate every admin job i have ever seen. Coding can not however replace management or roles that require human interaction and soft skills...............yet.

[@M-ABDULLAH-AZIZ]

The future is here!

[@442277100]

I want him to teach me programming languages.

[@Omnifonist]

I want him to speak to me during hours 😎

[@tiagooliveira95]

8:50 that is true, I made a program in 2h to process a bunch of data, it took ~80ms for my desktop to do it, doing it by hand would have taken me 7days+

[@andrewchan7927]

wow, i didn't realise time is passing until the audiences clapped and he said thank you

[@nefertiri1106]

omg!! I felt completely related at min 8:38 , I'm trying to learn python, there are several things on my everyday work that I'd like to program, but seems that it's not easy, but I won't hesitate, Ill do it!

[@mandlakazimthana3265]

I really enjoyed this presentation. so much fun.

[@datasamm]

Excellent video :)) I have been using Excel for a lot of things which has increased my productivity by a fold, with programmings skills it would be unimaginable. Time to research a programming language.

[@itamargolomb8530]

How do you do?

[@edgers938]

In my top 10 Ted talks

[@flamingspew]

2:30 books: it is proven that retention is higher when reading a book than scrolling through pages because the information is related in our brain to the physical location.

[@gabbie3174]

This video was pretty interesting considering I had to watch it for my coding class. I can't wait for AP Programming next year^^

[@skylerjacobs6384]

How did it go????

[@shikshanhindi8769]

The was the first ted talk that i actually liked.

[@abbosbekmahamadaminov3687]

Where did my 10 minutes go? Was that 1.20? I was so confused when I quitted full screen and looked at the length.

[@UmbreonNation]

One of the most amazing things about this is that the Raspberry Pi now has a 10$ and a 5$ version too!

[@devgatling]

Great talk. 😶‍🌫️👏🏾👏🏾

[@MonkeMan0115]

2:36 I think 2020 has made a case that we should still be in a class room lol

[@fro4e]

Great motivational speaker and a great talk.

[@kyled813]

This guy is an excellent speaker

[@313-k3b]

What an inspiration ! Thx!😊

[@bidoofus7921]

My brother in law is related to this guy. Props to what he does; I might start programming myself! :D

[@yamagarta6806]

damnn nice!

[@TheOlian04]

Did you? 5 years later. Did you learn programming?

[@bidoofus7921]

*_-TheOlian04-_* kinda! I’ve got some experience with C, MATLAB, and Visual Basic now since I ended up majoring in Applied Mathematics in college. Currently a senior so I’m almost done 👀

[@casinobeachbum]

I spent 3 months attempting to learn Python, and the farthest I got was text games using random variables like : a carnival game, a 3 card (ace, 2, 3) blackjack game vs. computer, a text game with games within it, and about 10 games total, and then I hit a wall and didn't know what else to try to program, and especially how to use TKinter for graphics and sound ... but it was very fun as I was learning and playing at it.

[@s_hietsch]

+Randy Fleming I wouldn´t recommend Tkinter for game design, try using pygame for that. (Tkinter is great for general GUI though) For ideas: Try to write a program about something which interests you. (It doesn´t even need to be useful) I for example made one which can calculate prime numbers, and one which encodes text.

[@derockn00]

i would go for more practical applications. i am currently revisiting html and css so i can build a website that is essentially a database like yelp, but better and smarter.

[@albertkoppelmaa7178]

any updates? what are you doing now ?

[@TheGodlikeBlock]

Point 3 and the quote are really really true.

[@Brainbuster]

Mark the time.

[@hemanth_sr]

Thanks for motivation

[@hemanth3565]

Seeing this in 2020 is still amazing me i wonder what audience have felt at that time

[@battousai994]

Literally the greatest Ted Talk I've ever witnessed lol

[@devilorchard]

shared this video on twitter with learn to code caption, I was suspended for 12hrs wtf.

[@ShivaniSharma-h7g]

I believe teaching coding to kids is a good investment a parent can make for their child. Even my son, who is just 12 years old, is learning coding at Moonpreneur and I think that introducing coding to my son will help him to stand out of the crowd, and also will open up the wide range of opportunities for him.

[@alazar7685]

This was fun. Thanks!

[@RashawMedia]

Great Ted talk! I enjoyed this beautiful content thanks!

[@SamuelMarkobrad]

1) Learn VBA 2) Open Excel 3) Press Alt+F11 4) Profit

[@0s0sXD]

I loved your presentation!

[@teacherian3716]

thanks m8...that was an awesome inspiration

[@lifewithericajean]

Very engaging. Great Ted Talk!

[@malcorub]

The best part of this talk was the appearance of Clipy , I haven't seen him in years.

[@harshitsinghai1395]

Best video i have seen in a while

[@waffle5222]

2:21 Good ol' Blockbuster and Cockthruster

[@lhodeniz]

Yeah computers are faster than us but what we can do, computers have still long way to do! That's why the world needs programmers to solve this issue.

[@zapy422]

What are the best tips to get out, overcome the frustration you feel when everything seems correct in your code, but it doesn’t do what you want it to do?

[@lasredchris]

take a break, debug the code step by step, see if all your variables match up to the expected value, and if that doesn't work, get some community help stackoverflow.com/ :)

[@whatdone8434]

+Zapy Read through your code or print out stuff at different lines such as print("Entering loop"); and if it doesnt get to the loop, you know the error occurs before it

[@janepicasso523]

This guy is awesome 😍👌🏻

[@daniellebest8327]

this was excellent!

[@Ector521]

Excellent presentation

[@Menelik.videos]

Damn, this speaker is good. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@vlad_mix_887]

KZbin rule number one : Always watch the video before comments .

[@A.Williams222]

Fire presentation

[@DaveThundercloud]

this guy is the man!

[@77Sherms]

I cannot find that Henry Ford quote anywhere?

[@mirnesnuhanovic9597]

Great video, a lot of fun.

[@jimmadjy]

great speech 👏

[@madesomabali]

REally inspiring! I will start to learn programming now. haha