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It's less than 10 years since it was created in Edinburgh by three young men with computer programming skills and a lot of ambition.
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Whelton, 20, had run a computer club at his own school, and saw a huge demand for more resources to teach computer programming skills to young people.
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He also showed off his "technical skills" by describing complicated computer-programming matters when meeting with executives such as John Donahoe, eBay's chief executive, this person said.
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Others, especially those with graduate degrees, will go on to careers in law enforcement working for the National Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies in need of hackers with special computer skills, such as advanced programming and digital forensics.
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Even with skills that are primarily mental, such as computer programming or speaking a foreign language, it remains the case that we learn best through practice and repetition the natural learning process.
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Technical skills such as graphic design, website development, and computer programming will also pay off.
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The computer science introduction course teaches basic skills by having students build a Google-like search engine, using the programming language Python.
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