I can&#x27;t speak about today, but when I started college (1995), it was common for students in the intro CS course to have zero experience coding. Some had built basic web pages, some had used *nix machines, but not many with actual coding.<p>But, this course was also required for ALL engineers, so there were many separate sections&#x2F;classes, and probably 80% or greater weren&#x27;t interested in CS as a degree&#x2F;career.