I started out in Scratch thanks to my father installing it on our family computer for me when I was around 12. This lead to making clones of games like Frets on

I started out in Scratch thanks to my father installing it on our family computer for me when I was around 12. This lead to making clones of games like Frets on Fire and such. When I took up IT in high school they then also used it for the first two months. I think it's a great way (especially for kids) to get into the thinking of building out logic and learning to abstract problems, etc.