Coding goes beyond just the computer. It is influencing the art world as well. Consider a recent article for the Huffington Post titled “Picasso Was Wrong: How coding is leading the future of arts related careers.”
The author of the article writes, “Pablo Picasso, in one of his more famous quotes said ‘Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.’ But Picasso did not envision a future where tech and coding would be so prevalent and important. A large number of these types of jobs require computer science skills in equal part to arts. In these jobs you can stay as an artist, using technology as your canvas and Javascript, Python, and other computer languages as your paint. It is a medium that Picasso never envisioned, and it is allowing practical, tech-tistic innovations previously unknown. Without creativity, technology would not be usable. In our previous blog post,we wrote about STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, arts and math, which was previously STEM), and how STEAM initiatives are widely accepted as building the skills of the future. STEAM skills will be necessary for a large number of the jobs in the coming years, even in jobs that have historically been non-technical. The US Department of education reports that the number of STEM jobs in the United States will grow by 14% from 2010 to 2020, growth that the Bureau of Labor Statistics terms as ‘much faster’ than the national average of 5-8% across all job sectors. This means that a lot of future jobs will need to be filled with a workforce that is educated in STEAM. These employees with need to have both technical and artistic skills. These STEAM careers that combine technical and art skills are already all around us! Brands like Nike,Samsung and Google commission programmers to create marketing publicity installations.”
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