[John Rogers]

I would suggest an Assembler Language course if you can find one as it is the only language where you actually manipulate the CPU internals and work with memory, etc. The second suggestion would be to have him take it easy so he doesn't burn out like our youngest daughter did. She did web programming back in 1997, 98 and 99 and was making $20 per hour which is pretty good for a high school junior to start out with. Helped her afford her first car...... a 1974 914 2L that she drove nearly 200K miles!