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>Philly.NET used to run a session "Kids that code" where members brought their kids to show off what they'd done. Most were games and they were pretty good.
>My grandson really wants to be another Warren Buffet and he plans to use computers to get to that goal.

I actually knew about that, and I used to take Katy to the Philly .NET/SQL events.

If I were to take steps towards helping her, I'd start with understanding data in parallel with the coding side of things.
If she's truly serious, I have no choice but to help her. But I seriously hope she finds another direction.

Years ago, I got invited (by a woman) to participate in a "Women in Technology" session at a SQL Saturday event in Philly.
I was one of five panel members (3 women, 2 men). The other man, for reasons I'll never understand, was a royal jackass who said that men are going to perform better in pressure I.T. situations because of genetics. (I kid you not, and there was a large room of attendees).

But I learned some things that day I didn't expect to learn: how some of my very actions in trying to "get ahead" have made it difficult for others, beyond just the notion of general competition. A friend of mine who attended asked me a pointed question during the panel discussion, and I had no choice but to realize, "Holy crap, he's right". It was the first time I realized that the, "I do what I do for my daughter to have the best life possible", isn't as clean-cut as I thought. It doesn't mean I'm going to change one thing about how I make a living, but I've seen now that things I've done , things I never thought would impact others down the line, have probably contributed in some small way. There's no way I can explain that to my daughter, so all I can do is hope she goes into something else. I don't want her anywhere near this industry.

(Yeah, I'm getting weird in my 58th year on this planet)