I had an interesting debate with a coworker the other day. We were talking about HS level students and how to get them interested in programming and what skills

I had an interesting debate with a coworker the other day. We were talking about HS level students and how to get them interested in programming and what skills they might find useful along the way. I used to be in the "math all day every day" camp. My perspective has shifted quite a bit. For non-English speaking countries my recommendation would be...English. It's pretty shocking how many HS students are taught and/or write code in German here. Learn to think/communicate in English as quickly as possible and learn good search/selflearning skills would be my #1 recommendation. Followed by "work with other people as much as possible, especially if what they do is kind of strange for you (artists etc.)" It's not really mastering your craft and more base level but you have to start somewhere.