nRike

Have you tried Codecombat.com? I think this is a great way to get started, have fun and at the same time learn the basic concepts of computer programming.

Once he understands this, you should encourage to hack into Minecraft hacks.

Later you can ask him about start their own projects and help him when he got stuck.

Programming should be fun and using a language only a tool for their mind, so help him become passionate about build things for himself.

Mexican here too. Please send me an email at [email protected], I'd love to connect you with a friend, he did exactly the same steps you're trying to achieve few years ago.

>> As my Google friends say, it's like already half retired.

This is very interesting. Few employees I know at Google are very busy and working in several things at the same time.

>> I just did not want to do that in my late 20s.

I'm 26 and I think the same too. I have the need to build something where every line of code matters, making people's life easier instead of working in a big company.

I think recruiters get paid by the number of positions they can fill, even if they get a "bad performance" for having few candidates.

I think this recruiter just was doing follow up after few months and trying to re-connect. Last year happened to me the same with a Pebble recruiter who later went to Greylock.