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What tech and other skills should I teach my children?

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Manish Sahajwani
·May 10, 2019

I've been working as an independent software developer for a long time now and have worked on many languages and platforms, such as PHP, Python, Javascript, and others. I have two children (girls) with age 14 and 10. They both are avid readers and like to learn new things. Since I am a programmer, I introduced them to programming and they picked up well. This includes things like Scratch, Javascript, Python. My elder one also learned to make projects with Arduino and the younger one is exploring Microbit. The elder one also likes art and design and has been learning Adobe Illustrator.

As we all know the tech scene keeps evolving with new technology and platforms launching every few months. I've been reading about the growth of Kotlin, Dart, the rise of Flutter for cross-platform development, growth in AI, and so on.

My question is if my kids want to be in the technology industry, what skills (tech or non-tech) should they build that will provide them a competitive advantage over their peers when they join college and enter the industry afterward?