I don't think you understand the cost of two wars and a military draw down. But fight the good fight.

I think there are probably more obvious sports to start with than football. Good luck mate.

Books are all fine and good for reference but if he wants to learn he really should try to find something simple and go from there. The language isn't as important early on as being able to try things quickly and getting feedback / good explanation of errors. Heck in elementary school I was copying Apple II code from magazines just to try to get some silly demo / game to work at school. Without any floppys it all went away when the power was turned off. Pretty much an exercise in typeing but it led to me trying to understand the logic and eventually to an understanding of compilers and binary executable files vs interpreted scripts. Just get a basic interpreter and help him learn some branching and prints to the screen. My sons have spent an immense amount of time playing with switches in Minecraft to do silly things like create clocks or open remote doors or whatever. It makes me laugh to see it because in my mind they are learning to program without knowing it. Legos Mindstorms come with logic / programming modules. Might be a fun and interesting way to include robotics into his learning.

Good programmers program. Doesn't matter where or how just because it is fun is usually enough. Work on understanding logic and execution flow through different systems and the languages will be easier to learn.

One other thought find challenges or projects on the web. Having a goal or a problem to solve usually motivates a lot more than "learning". I know osix has some coding challenges that are fun and may be very educational. They are language agnostic and can be done with any language you are comfortable with. Very fun all together. -Beans

I remember when all games were indie games. I remember when Doom was shareware and id found a market. I remember an unknown company shipping Half Life Day One with a bunch of hardware just to get noticed. Thing is this market still exists. Anyone on Steam knows the huge library of indie games that get released every day. They sell for a fraction of the cost of a huge publisher game. They are of differing quality as with all indie markets. The thing is a game like Torchlight I played every bit as much as Diablo or Diablo II. They sold it for 20.00 brand new. They have announced Torchlight II as bigger in every way with multiplayer and no drm for 20.00. Yet all i hear about is Diablo III. Kind of pisses me off. Anyway rockpapershotgun is a great site. Steam store is an awesome place to find indie games. Humble bundle is a great way to get a drm free copy of games for under 10.00. Just stop buying the drm ladden EA / Blizzard / UBISoft crap. Problem solved. Play something else. The Indie devs are infinitely more grateful and will give you a lot more for your dollar.

1. You need 2-3 years experience. Join the USAF. Low end jobs. Self driven project. Probably doesn't matter but you need to show a solid 2-3 years in something. 2. Go to school even if you don't plan on a degree. That will reflect well on you that you are pursuing education. 3. Be grateful for any tech job at the beginning of your career. They won't fit what you want to do but showing consistency and excellence in those jobs will look good. 4. Be willing to relocate to areas that aren't so saturated or just have more tech openings. 5. Learn to interview. Takes practice. Good luck.

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And keep it separate from the general fund, and never borrow against it, and pay out only what is brought in, and allow those who pass on early to give their pension to their children. And best but not last put the entire cost of the fund on the pay check so employees know how much it costs for them to be employed. Wouldn't that be a great program?

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