[h2odragon]

My child doesn't seem to feel a passion for "tech" as such. Computer based tools are useful for the things she does like, in some ways. I'm encouraging her to learn more blender as a way to expand her sense of possibilities in what she can do with digital art.

It's not "learn blender" for itself i'm aiming to push, its "broaden your experience and capabilities with the tools that are used to make art." Because she has some passion for the art, which may not last but is what's there now.

If she then gets fascinated by hacking blender tools or something, I'll encourage that. but I don't think that's likely.

I think the age of "tech" as a specialty is long past, and we've got "tech" elements in everything. "web people" are layout geeks who don't have light tables and graded opacity markers anymore. The people who ran printing presses now manage database instances. They're not ignorant of what's happening over there at the layout office, they're just usually not interested in anything but the plate that comes out the be put on the roller.

In the sense of "tell your kids to do $X it will guarantee they make a lot of money" i don't think there's any $X worth promoting that way. I'd rather my child find a livable life than chase some goal not in her heart because its perceived popular.