My dad is a computer programmer. Like many youngsters, his passion for computers started out as a hobby. When he realized people would pay him to program it was like in the cartoons: jaw dropping, eyes popping out, AHH-OOO-GAH! And he's never looked back! My love for technology also developed in my youth. We first got dial-up internet when I was in 8th grade...good old AOL. Before long I was dabbling in HTML and launched my first website on GeoCities, in a virtual neighborhood with a street address everything! How times have changed! Technology may have changed over the years, but the pull it has on the imaginations of young people remains the same. Many computer programmers write their first programs in middle school. Homeschooled kids are uniquely situated to excel in this area due to the ability to streamline their time spent hitting the books and allocate their remaining time to learning a coding language. ...