My dad was a software engineer and I was a very curious kid - if there was an opportunity to learn something, I was on board. Didn't matter what it was - comput

My dad was a software engineer and I was a very curious kid - if there was an opportunity to learn something, I was on board. Didn't matter what it was - computers, rockets, cooking, pool maintenance, etc. Learning "advanced use of computers" came along with it, but specifically, I learned VB6 pretty thoroughly when I was 10. I also had a copy of some version of RPG Maker that could use Ruby for the in-game scripts. Building games in an environment like that -- even if it only requires a little bit of programming -- is still a great way to get children to sit down and focus on solving a problem.