The Rise of Young Adults as APP Developers(世界公民College本週新文)

文/Arica

閱讀暖身

蘋果公司WWDC才正式落幕，除了揭曉未來走向、產品硬體軟體外，也提供了一個讓旗下工程師、開發人員、及投資廠商交流的平台。在這當中，「英雄出少年」的一群開發者，吸引了許多人的目光。對於這些打進了蘋果市場的年輕資優股，蘋果秉持樂觀的態度給予肯定。

進入本文前，請先想想以下單字：(A)鼓勵　(B)預見　(C)累積

Apple invited 150 developers to its prestigious WWDC in San Francisco, yet excluded them from its Thursday party beginning. The 150 excluded developers could not participate in the “Beer Bash” because they are all under twenty-one years old.

蘋果公司邀請了一百五十名的應用程式開發者至舊金山參加著名的WWDC會，卻在星期四的慶祝晚會上禁止他們入場。這一百五十位被排除在「啤酒狂歡」的原因是他們全部未滿十八歲。

For the first time, Apple recognized young prodigies by opening the door for them to mingle with the elder app developers. Previously, only developers over eighteen years old who paid entrance fee of $1599 may attend WWDC. To (A)encourage the young developers, Apple not only distributed aids to assists them in paying the fee, but also lowered the age limit by requesting their parents to sign non-disclosure agreement and inviting the parents to join their children in the conference.

蘋果首次肯定少年奇才，打開大門讓他們能與年長的同業交流。往昔能入場的開發人員必須年滿十八歲並能負擔近一千六百美元的入場費用。為了鼓勵青少年，蘋果公司不僅頒發獎助學金給需要補助的出席者，而且以讓父母親簽保密協定、讓父母親跟隨入場的方式來降低年齡限制。

While many teen attendees are (1)self-taught, the trend of young developers has inspired educational institutions to initiate programs for the eager learners and parents. Both adolescents and parents (B)foresee a bright future for app developers; some parents have enrolled children as young as seven in programming classes to have (2)a head start.

雖然許多青少年的出席者都是無師自通，年輕開發者的潮流仍啟發教育機構為積極的學子及雙親開啟新的課程。子女及父母雙方都能預見應用軟體應用開發的美好遠景，甚至讓七歲的學童註冊期許他們能贏在起跑點。

more>>