WATCH: 55-year-old stockbroker learns basic coding in 5 minutes

For the uninitiated, writing code seems like black magic. But as 55-year-old Kenny Polcari will find out, getting into it is not as scary and difficult as it may seem.

Late last June, cloud communications company Twilio held a “Code Jam” event at the New York Stock Exchange floor for its IPO (initial public offering). A trio of developers were set up with computers to program whatever struck their fancy. App after app, their activities were streamed live via Amazon’s Twitch, Business Insider reported.

Polcari has been a stockbroker for 35 years and simply followed his curiosity when he checked out the Twilio set-up before they started streaming.

To his surprise, he found that writing basic code was not so mysterious as most people think it to be. With guidance from Twilio developer evangelist Rob Spectre, Polcari was able to write two simple apps with just a few lines of code.

After the experience, he said he now has a better understanding of how coding works.

For anyone interested to learn coding, services like Coursera and Udacity offer free coding classes. Companies like Apple and Google have also begun offering coding courses for children and adults alike.  Alfred Bayle

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