Adrian wrote
Dave Liquorice wrote

... (13) is interested in learning how to write code ...

Code to do what? Writing a game that is much above Pong
or Breakout takes a lot of effort. "Hello World" gets boring
after a while. There has to be an itch that needs to scratched.

Yep, that's my experience, too.

True.

Unless you've actually got a problem that needs to be solved, or you're
some kind of wierdo who actually likes figuring code syntax out,

Or just find code interesting.

you'll never get beyond "Hello World". Which is why I never have.