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Brian\u2019s also learning how to use Python and wants to be a basketball player&#8211;and possibly a software engineer&#8211;when he grows up!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he\u2019s not coding great projects or studying his favorite subject (math), he\u2019s probably playing basketball or cheering on his favorite team, the Golden State Warriors! His top two passions? Coding and basketball, according to his mom Susana. We sat down with Brian to learn more about why he loves to code!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How did you learn how to use Tynker when you were first starting out? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve done Scratch before, so I know how it works!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How have your coding skills improved since you started using Tynker? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think it improved a lot because I got to play other people\u2019s games and check their code and see what\u2019s wrong with my code. 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My dad wants me to be an intern at a software company, so maybe it\u2019ll help me with that!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why do you like to code? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think it\u2019s fun putting blocks together, making your characters move, making a game, and seeing it doing good, like getting featured!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is your favorite way to use code? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I use variables a lot! I make a lot of games with those and I always use the \u201cif, then\u201d block a lot!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What do you do with a project when you\u2019re done with it?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If it gets popular, I will make an updated version, or if it just doesn\u2019t do anything, I usually don\u2019t do much with it, but then I might debug it a little.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What\u2019s the best thing about Tynker?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I like a lot of different things, so I can\u2019t really choose one! When we got the search bar, I would see my friends\u2019 games and they would heart my games, view my games, and I would heart theirs, so that we could have a lot of fun playing each others\u2019 games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Do you think other kids should try coding? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, I think coding is just a good way to entertain yourself. And I think it\u2019s a good thing to learn because everything around the world has something to do with coding basically and everyone uses it in some way!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/ide\/embedded?p=5bbfd76dca7e9f0e15257f45&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" height=\"350\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Meteor Battle 0.1&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Susana, Brian&#8217;s mom, told us how coding helps Brian learn how to tackle challenges: \u201cWhen I was working, I would get a project and always the first thought in my mind was, \u2018How am I going to do this? I have no idea,\u2019 but you do one line at a time and you do one thing at a time, and you learn to figure out how to untie the tangled yarn or whatever, so, I think Brian is learning that too, like problem solving skills.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brian combines his love of math with another passion: video games! \u201cI think he has a very mathematical mind, so he likes doing things in a mathematical way, I think that\u2019s helped him to be interested in coding too. And he likes playing video games so much too! I think he enjoys the fact that he\u2019s creating a video game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Susana also explained how learning to code is helping Brian develop positive personality traits: \u201cKids learn the same skills in different ways. I think learning to be resilient and learning to be persistent is an important quality in life and kids learn that in many different ways; some kids learn it through sports, some through volunteering, I think Brian is learning that from coding too, because with coding you need determination and work ethic to actually create a project.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning to code definitely requires persistence&#8211;and so does playing basketball! We\u2019re sure that Brian will continue to have success as he pursues his passions. Thank you for taking the time to speak with us, Brian and Susana. We\u2019re excited to see where Brian\u2019s work ethic and love of coding and basketball take him in the future!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Loves Coding and Basketball! We had a chance to speak with ten-year-old Brian from California, who has been using Tynker since his teacher introduced it to him last year. 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