Thanks for sharing your story. It makes me genuinely happy to hear. It really bothered me that I wasn't able to successfully tutor more CS students, and many

Thanks for sharing your story. It makes me genuinely happy to hear. It really bothered me that I wasn't able to successfully tutor more CS students, and many folks that I know would have (eventually) loved it and thrived in the discipline dropped out due to their inability to get over the hump. It sounds like from your experience direct, constant mentoring (along with a highly motivated student!) does work.