[rashkov]

I would be wary of setting his agenda too much. You clearly want the best for him but is he truly on board with these plans? Pushing him too much could blow up and he may drop computer science altogether. Be proud that he's going into this field, and support his current interests, but anything more than that is likely to be a quick recipe for rebellion. Ideally we all do this work because we love it, and not because we were placed on this track. Try to connect with that and instill it, and you'll do great.

Of course, if he really wants to do a boot camp then it could be a great experience for him. It is intense but rewarding. It's an environment for the truly motivated but if he isn't then he may burn out.

[martin_e]

Sorry if I gave the impression of trying to force him into this. That's not the case.

I want to do all the thinking and place a set of options in front of him for the summer. I'm perfectly OK if he wants to spend the summer mostly going to beach with friends. That's OK to. I want him to start down the path of making the kinds of decisions an adult has to make.

At this point I see it as a choice to invest some time over the summer to have access to higher paying part time jobs and gigs in CS rather than minimum wage clerical or other stuff.

[rashkov]

Great, just wanted to make sure!

I think young adults are really into their mobile devices so, mobile development could be another fun way to go.

I personally got a good leg up on becoming a web developer through codeschool.com. Their videos are top-notch and their sandbox exercises are pretty helpful. There's a bit of a leap to actually setting up your computer to actually develop but they've added some videos to help with that as well.

If he can be a self-motivated learner then I'd recommend doing something like that, along with edx, udacity, and coursera on the more academic side, or udemy and pluralsight on the more technical/professional side.

[rashkov]

ps. Also my apologies for assuming too much