As others have echoed, I'd suggest trying to talk to him and get a sense of his level of interest and knowledge. Many of us probably grew up trying to make QBas

As others have echoed, I'd suggest trying to talk to him and get a sense of his level of interest and knowledge. Many of us probably grew up trying to make QBasic games and trying to build our own computers in a much different era around that same age, so his level of interest in your real world coding tasks might surprise you.