She needs to have an idea that interests her to work on, that has a specific goal. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6097155 https://news.ycombinator.com

She needs to have an idea that interests her to work on, that has a specific goal. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6097155 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6097155 as another good example. There are heaps of places to start depending on the language she's interested in, and it's really important she does some online CS classes from Stanford or something so she gets what is happening in the computer from the very beginning. A bit of theory goes a long way! Once she has a base understanding she might look at getting an internship to learn the ropes, if she isn't tied to a job right now or needs good income immediately. I've been involved with teaching girls to code so the above comes from experience.