{"id":2809,"date":"2016-12-24T21:30:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T03:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.codewizardshq.com\/?p=2809"},"modified":"2022-09-27T22:33:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T04:33:45","slug":"driverless-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codewizardshq.com\/driverless-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Child Prepared to Work on Driverless Cars?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing our children for the future is to prepare them for jobs that don\u2019t exist yet.<\/p>\n<p>One area that will open up some very interesting jobs and careers over the next 10-15 years is driverless cars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And, driverless cars are mostly made of software.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is your Child Prepared to Work on Driverless Cars?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nDoW8fSypOo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I met this interesting team that demonstrated the core construct of driverless cars. 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