There's a board game called "Robot Turtles" that's designed to teach programming concepts to kids. I was initially pretty skeptical, but our preschooler loves it.
I'll just add that even if you are able to perform superhuman feats of parenting and coding simultaneously, you will eventually get burned out. I was able to handle both for quite some time, and I've now stretched myself so thin that I don't feel like I'm doing either thing particularly well.
I saw it in the theater as a BBS-addicted kid, and I remember being just completely blown away by his setup. I'd never seen an 8 inch floppy before. Here's a rundown of his gear, for anyone who's interested: https://www.quora.com/In-the-movie-War-Games-what-is-this-pi...
We've been with Rackspace since 1999, but I'm getting concerned about the future of the company. Can anyone recommend a comparable managed host for Windows?
The context seems to have been lost in the shuffle. Here's what I was responding to:
>I have a brother that works in a pretty normal job earning $42,000 per year (not an outsized salary in the US), he pays $27 per month for his health insurance through his employer, and it's a nice plan. That isn't unusual in the US
My point is that most people in 'pretty normal jobs' pay considerably more for healthcare.
I spent the last decade living in a struggling city, and I was actively involved in city government. In my city, it was a case of limited resources more than anything else. There were something like 300 miles of roadway, but only enough money in the budget to pave three miles a year.
My house was built in the 1780s, but is well-insulated, has modern wiring and plumbing, etc. If you have a well-maintained home, the age of the structure is mostly irrelevant.
I'm self-taught, and I've been playing guitar for 25 years or so. If I hadn't picked it up as a teenager, I doubt I'd have gotten as far with it. I was obsessed with reproducing the sounds I heard on records, and it didn't feel frustrating at all to spend hours working on a riff until I got it exactly right.
This probably varies by genre, but I've found that if you add "pdf" to your search, you'll often find high-quality handwritten sheet music, sometimes with tablature. I've also found scans of out-of-print music books.
This has been true of several places I've worked in the states, too - you're technically a contractor (e.g. no benefits) until the trial period is complete.