How I learned to program
&gt; We were exposed to some kind of lego-related programming, uhhh, thing in school, but none of us had any idea how to do anything beyond what was in the instructions. While it was fun, it was no more educational than a video game and had a similar impact.<p>I wonder how many of these &quot;teach your kid STEM&quot; toys have this result. I learned to program  when my mom got me a vtech precomputer 1000 for Christmas when I was a kid. But becoming a &quot;developer&quot; took many years of effort. Hopefully more kids will be set on the path like I was.