Yes, I think that really depends on the kid. Mainly I wanted to point out that there are plenty of learning vehicles that teach the programming concepts without necessarily being 100% text-based coding. For some kids that will excite them more. (That's also why I like WeDo Robotics and Mindstorm.)
Nothing wrong with going directly to programming languages if that's what the kid's into.
Nothing wrong with going directly to programming languages if that's what the kid's into.