My father-in-law, for one. When my wife was younger (I believe 10?), her father tried to force her to program in BASIC. She ended up hating computers and progr

My father-in-law, for one. When my wife was younger (I believe 10?), her father tried to force her to program in BASIC. She ended up hating computers and programming in particular. It was only recently that I was able to get her semi-interested in programming, but I don't think she'll ever really be interested in it. Personally, I had a similar experience to that of the original author. I inherited a Tandy1000 from my grandfather, and one of my father's friends was a programmer. He had made a version of Monopoly, and gave us the source code as well as the software. I was curious how the thing worked, and spent my afternoons changing the colors of dice, how much property was worth, etc.