Benefits of learning to code

it teaches...

• patience
• persistence
• precision
• e.g., asking precise questions, being meticulous with what you write
• ability to play detective
• debugging
• creativity
• skill in filtering information
• deciding what's important as you scavenge the web for answers
• curiosity
• wondering, why does that work? as you scavenge the web
• ability to think high level and low level
• the little details versus the big picture
• prioritizing
• focus
• and once you're at it for a while, when and how to take breaks. how to keep your mind fresh.