The book "Aspiration for a Programming Nation," aimed at entrepreneurs and tech professionals, calls on everyone to join the generation of digital citizens and contribute to the 4.0 revolution.
In September, Tre Publishing House released the book "Aspiration for a Programming Nation" by author Nguyen Thanh Tung (Co-founder and CEO of a technology education and startup ecosystem).
The book is structured like a pirate's "treasure map," featuring two major voyages, and is written in autobiographical form.
The first part consists of 5 "ports" that the author passed through, corresponding to the times of letting go and transformation during a 10-year journey of trial and error.
It's a series of stages where the author dropped out of university, quit his job as an international programmer, started a business, went bankrupt with his first company, stopped applying for an MBA scholarship, and laid the foundation for a non-profit technology education organization...
The second voyage revealed five "treasures" that Mr. Tung and his team " discovered ": developing an educational organization and securing venture capital from international funds even during the Covid-19 pandemic.
With over $18 million in total funding raised, the author transformed the original organization into a major technology-based education startup in Southeast Asia.
Book cover of "Aspiration for a Programming Nation" (Photo: Tre Publishing House).
From the beginning, the author aspired to become a "unicorn," but needed to be realistic and forge his own path. He and his colleagues chose to follow the spirit of "cockroaches."
"A true startup is one that, no matter how difficult the circumstances, cannot break the entrepreneurial spirit. Isn't it like a cockroach? The more challenging the situation, the stronger its survival instinct, creating unexpected ways to survive... The more problems there are, the more determined they are to solve them," Mr. Tung said.
The interesting conversation between him and his co-founder revealed his strong will:
"One evening at the beginning of the second lockdown (May 2021), Ha San (the company's right-hand man and left-hand man) asked: 'What if, in the worst-case scenario, the company has to close down? Are you worried?'"
I calmly replied, "Well, we'll just start another company. Covid-19 will pass, a new pandemic might come, but the entrepreneurial spirit will last forever."
In the book, the author also shares the steps and achievements made on the path to realizing the aspiration of a programming nation: implementing a computer science education program, becoming a strategic sponsoring partner, and a partner in implementing the "Support for Student Entrepreneurship until 2025 (2022-2025 period)" project...
The aspiration for a programming nation doesn't involve grand pronouncements, sugarcoating achievements, or shying away from acknowledging personal failures and challenging transitions. The book encourages a spirit of "making mistakes and correcting them" among the younger generation.
For the author, promoting education 4.0++ (innovative learning in the context of the 4.0 technological revolution and perhaps 5.0 and 6.0 in the near future) will be synonymous with the image of a "programming nation".
It is a place where each of us becomes a digital citizen with knowledge and competence in technology, becoming a creative nucleus of the nation. Successive generations contribute to the common breakthroughs of humanity and history.
Using a simple, humorous, and relatable writing style, the author intertwines the story of entrepreneurship with other highly topical social and educational issues.
Explaining the book's subtitle, "From English to Code," Mr. Tung cites that each revolution brings with it a new language, a testament to the achievements it brings to the masses.
Post-Meiji Japan has a new dictionary for technical terms. Post-Second Industrial Revolution Europe is immersed in the language of mass media (advertising, silent films, photography).
In the post-Third Industrial Revolution world , according to the book *The World Is Flat* (Thomas Friedman), all nations caught up in the globalized world (due to the rapid development of computing and the Internet) are forced to choose a common language. The United States, the leader in this game, has chosen English as the global language.
And with the Fourth Industrial Revolution, technology and its specific skills have become the new language of all humanity.
"Programming is not just a profession, but a language. Like any other language, a programming language is both a means of communication and a tool for thinking."
"Learners of this language must develop a holistic mindset to solve life's problems using programming tools and communicate through programming, aiming for a common goal of living on a global scale," the author explains.
Phuong Hoa (According to dantri.com.vn)
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