Former co-worker and friend Daniel Janik is trying do something that I will eventually have to do – get a teenager interested in something that can lead to a career.
I’ve been teaching my 17 yr old SQL Server and other various topics. I have quite a bit of experience training technology and speaking but it never fails; after about 5 minutes his eyes glaze over and he nods and “umhums” and then starts checking his phone.
I have one nephew that is already intrigued by the PowerShell that I am doing and seems to have a genuine desire to write code. This makes me SOOOOOOOO HAPPY! My hope is that he is able to continue what he is learning now and migrate into a skill set that will afford him a good career. And if he happens to maybe “hack” into something that he shouldn’t have, I will help with his bail, smother him with hugs and kisses and tell him “OMG…I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!”
Check out Daniel’s blog post, download the game and give it a whirl. I plan on showing my nephews this to get the opinions of the younger, not-a-teenager set. I doubt my niece will be interested in this right now…unless there was a Disney princess in there with the sea monsters. I will leave it to Daniel to incorporate that in the 2.0 version. 🙂