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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psionicist" data-source="post: 2262194" data-attributes="member: 1874">Depends on what he is interesting in. Overclocking is pretty pointless now as the computers are rediciously fast already, _but_ if he's into hardware he will probably enjoy it as much as the next kid enjoys his first car, or motorcycle. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The webpages thing is a good idea. Unsure about PHP though, most people like it because its a server side language with a C/Perl-like syntax, which can be both good and bad, but probably mostly bad if you arent familiar with C or perl already. I'd recommend Python as I did last time, its an awesome fsck-around/sketch-language. If you dont use it yourself you can learn it in no time: <a href="http://hetland.org/python/instant-python" target="_blank">http://hetland.org/python/instant-python</a>If he's into games you can introduce him to, perhaps, 3d-modelling with 3dsmax or Maya. Depends on artistic preferences, perhaps he's more of a music guy? I cant do graphics OR music so I code, but it seems to be fun to create 3d-models.2cEdit: Whats big in the field now is a good question, also depends on what part of the field. The slashdot/sourceforge/freshmeat-crowd would probably say decentralised, encrypted, anonymous P2P-networks. The corporate crowd might say, perhaps, XML? CMS's? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In my opinion its totally worthless to learn something just because it will get you a job. If you dont enjoy it you can aswell try to become a lawyer or pointy-haired-boss.Edit 2: Oops, forgot "search". Search is defenitely "in". Just look at Google.Edit 3: Ignore my edits I realized they only answerd whats big in software.</blockquote>

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