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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS, currently a high school freshman, has been all in on coding for a long time. [b]He's regularly engaged in high-level chats with the guy who wrote Python,[/b] has had his projects featured in podcasts and newsletters, has companies paying him to use his work, and has written a program that is part of Python's standard library. BUT, this is all he wants to do. He doesn't play sports; he participates in one extracurricular. He refused to join the coding club. His grades are good (mostly As).

Should I be tiger momming him to do more, or just let him do what he loves? He's happy (has a good group of friends and is a normal sweet kid at home), but I don't want to fall down on the job.[/quote]

99.9% of all existing CS kids would be doing cartwheels just to be able shake the guy's hand.

Assuming what you say is true, this is the equivalent of becoming a Thiel scholar (maybe an option, regardless of one's views on Thiel)...which is worth 100x any college degree (though some decide to get a degree after their 2-year commitment).[/quote]

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