Learning to code will be tough, although there are some great resources in here that I might pick up myself. Doesn't mean he shouldn't try though, but my recomm

Learning to code will be tough, although there are some great resources in here that I might pick up myself. Doesn't mean he shouldn't try though, but my recommendation would be to start with design, as there are a lot more offline resources for learning the principles of design, which apply across a lot of different disciplines.