I have a few old Visual CDs and got into it myself years ago. Started building a simple weight calculator for a trade I was in. Simple quantity + weight calculations tallied to a grand total that I know would be useful. I had it working but didn’t have all the static numbers plugged in. Arrays.
I had told him about Visual and thought I saw Visual ** on his screen recently. Didn’t inquire til now but I guess he’s working on a video game in C#.
I think I’ll have him finish my project. It’s easy math and he could see a finished project which will give him some encouragement. I know a magazine it could be advertised in cheap. Selling price could be $20-30.00 or something.
I’ve been kind of letting him go on the PC but have noticed graphics, chat and code on his screen so I had a feeling it was a video game. Might be collaborating. Will have to inquire some more soon. I’ve also noticed he gets up and takes a break quite often and I and the wife had already given him the advice to get take a break.
Speaking of games. I think there’s only been one Nintendo DS game he hasn’t beat in an hour or three. At $30-40.00, it kinda sucked for us. I’m blue collar and the wife is service industry so that’s 2-4 hours of labor for us.
Giving him a project would be great. Create a series of milestones where each completed phase demonstrates progress and perhaps a suitable reward. As a small business, I thrive on rewards ;)
I hear ya’ regarding costs and how it relates to hours on the job. When the unexpected expense happens, I’m like “damn, that’s 10 hours of my time.” — lol.
Regarding his time on the PC, be sure he’s not curiously visiting sites that can cause you problems. There’s a private prison industry that thrives on long-term incarceration of young white males. Just putting that out there for the sake of awareness in the household.