> Maybe there was a let's do it all in javascript phase, but that doesn't seem to be the answer today. Whats the child's actual goal though? Is it to be able t

> Maybe there was a let's do it all in javascript phase, but that doesn't seem to be the answer today. Whats the child's actual goal though? Is it to be able to gain a useful workplace skill that will actually provide financial support for their lives (something that their peers who don't end up in tech will struggle with heavily)? If so web dev is honestly a really good path, and quite useful, and will touch on things they already know. If they're a gamer see if they can make some mods - minecraft is good for it, but the best one is something they're already into. If they care deeply about some world issue like say climate change, try to have him make some visualizations and do some data science on climate data to understand whats going on. What you do with coding is imo a bit more important than how you code. Does the kid want to take apart toasters and put them back together again? What actually motivates them?