Listen to Boiling Point Talk Coding with David Alston
It’s no secret that coding is a key skill needed for the jobs of today and future. It’s important we start introducing these skills to kids at a young age. Nobody understands this more than David Alston, the man the folks at the Boiling Point podcast call “New Brunswick’s IT hero.”
For those who don’t know, Alston has been in New Brunswick’s start-up and tech space for years, getting his start with NBTel back in 1989. He has since risen to take on a number of high-level positions including chief marketing officer at Radian6. He is currently the chief innovation officer at Introhive. He’s a speaker, an advisor to four start-up companies and is on the board of directors for ScribbleLive. He’s also a huge advocate for teaching computer coding to kids in schools across New Brunswick.
In this episode, Boiling Point hosts Greg Hemmings and Dave Veale chat with Alston about the importance of teaching coding to kids before grade five and the important of breaking the stigma surrounding young girls and coding: