I wanted to be a business man as a kid (See pet Businessman Kids in the Hall). I would look at the source for every program Apple provided in an attempt to help

I wanted to be a business man as a kid (See pet Businessman Kids in the Hall). I would look at the source for every program Apple provided in an attempt to help me to learn how to build programs (the few that were in basic vs hex). I started programming at roughly 7 in 1980 by sneaking away to get on the Apple ][ computers the school had. My own 5.25" disk was like a gateway into another dimension. I've done several speeches on career days at my local elementary, middle and high schools. Kids have no interest in learning how computers work anymore in my experience. I always offer them full lists of resources and offer free mentoring. Have never had a kid follow up in 20+ years of doing this. Which I would have killed for that opportunity as a child. I think partly it's when I describe the job of being a game programmer though. It's work, what they want to be is a game designer, which is really just a game player. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I just wonder where all the curious kids went.