[jbergens]

Nice article. We should ask people wanting to "learn to code" what they mean and what they hope to get out of it. And in some cases the truth may be that it will only work if they spend a lot of time learning. If they want to create a very simple game they can learn game-building tools and use that. But that will probably not help them build a really advanced game with a scalable back-end. If that is something they need they might have to spend years learning and building. Or they might need to get help. Simple web programming is also easy but it might not lead to the most highly paid jobs directly, if a better salary is what they are after. It is however a good way to start and you can learn more about advanced programming or back-end programming later. If they expect to write the next Halo game by themselves they should probably lower their expectation a bit. [Edit: spelling]