[autumnstwilight]

There's probably a lot of little nudges one can get in their life that make them more likely to pick up programming, but I think a big one for present generations is exposure to video games and video games being a thing that most of your friends do and compete on. When I was a teenager, boys were building PCs to play FPS games better, and now the younger guys entering the company cut their teeth modding Minecraft. Every exposure to "figuring something tricky out on the computer" is a potential gateway, and I think the social and cultural environment for guys exposes them to these little chances a lot more.