a computer programmer is? Yeahh, umm, no. Umm, what what? I'm not really sure how to

奧利維亞，你長大後想做什麼呢？ －嗯…太空人。

explain it. Computer programming is pretty simple. It's a set of instructions, like a

你會不會剛好知道程式設計師是做什麼的呢？

recipe. You have to follow them step by step to get the end result you want. Computer science

呃…不知道。

is a way to impact the world. It can be music videos, it can be games, detect whether or

嗯…等等。蛤？

not someone is related to someone else. Find you know, people's friends. You can do all

我不是很確定該如何解釋它。

sorts of other crazy things that actually save lives. You do have to have a drive I

（Makinde - Pinterest的工程師）電腦程式設計是相當簡單的。

think. It is to me like a paintbrush. I think great programming is not all that dissimilar

它是一整組的步驟指令，就像食譜一樣。

from great art. When I finally learned a little bit of programming, that blank wall resolved

你必須一步一步跟著做，來達成你想要的結果。

into a bunch of doors and you open them and of course then you find behind them is another

電腦科學代表的是

hallway filled with a bunch of doors. Programming is fun and easy. You can do anything your

一種改變世界的方式

mind wants to do. Finally you start to open enough doors the light comes in. To me a finished

它可以成為音樂錄影帶，也可以成為遊戲產品

program is like a structure filled with light. All the corners are illuminated. The number

（Tess - 谷歌工程師）它可以用來尋找兩個人之間的關聯。

of people that you can touch and interact with is something the world has never seen

你可以…比方說，用它找到某人的朋友，

before. Our first lesson in this series is all about what computer science is, what a

你可以靠它做其他各種瘋狂的事，像是真正去拯救生命。

computer scientist does and how you can be more responsible in your use of technology.

（傑克 - 推特創建者）我想，首先你得有一顆硬碟。

It's a very important lesson but it is a little text-heavy. At the end, you get to make your

而程式設計對我來說就像一支畫筆。我認為，傑出的程式設計

very own customized encoding using your initials. It's a fun activity and it's very empowering

與偉大的藝術活動並無太大不同。

because binary is one of those things that feels very technical but once you understand

（Bromlin - 電玩遊戲設計師）當我終於開始學到一點程式設計的竅門時，

it, it's like you speak a secret language.

那就像眼前的一片白牆化為一扇扇的門。