The helicopter parent in me has already begun sneakily seeding the benefits of choosing a career in technology to my five and seven-year-old children. From ‘fun’ little problem-solving games to (poorly) explaining how the likes of Roblox came about, I find myself constantly seeking new ways to make computing relevant to their young lives. If they are lucky enough to feel the strong tug of a vocation when it comes to choosing Leaving Cert subjects then, of course, I will row in behind them but if like me and proportionately so many others at that stage, they find themselves a…

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