Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesA programmer sits among cups of Asian noodles at a festival last month in Berlin. Allan Hoffman shows readers how they too can learn computer code.

Geeks can optionally choose to get get background checks, feature their college degrees, and show off any certifications they’ve earned from computer reapair schools.

The old stereotype of a computer geek who’s always wearing a pocket protector and glasses with taped-together frames is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

That’s all that matters. Your description of what you want to do with a computer is pretty simplistic. Everything you listed is within the capabilities of a type of computer known as a Chromebook.

And girls were almost three times more likely to say they would be interested in enrolling in a computer science course if the classroom looked like the non-stereotypical one.