What would you work on first?

[bjcheung77]

Thanks everyone for the responses, I love getting these very interesting and helpful options that were provided.  I was thinking pretty much along the same lines as this:  Since it may be a catch-22 type of situation, I think it's best to get started on a few things 1) Certs  2) Degree 3) Experience.  I won't necessarily tell them to get a job, but may want them to get experience by volunteering first and moving into a part time one.

There are many programs available to youth and adults under 24 years of age, I am recommending them to try out for the following programs that can jump start them in any direction they choose to go later:  A) https://www.yearup.org/ and B) https://perscholas.org/ C) Take some cheap/free online alternative credit courses from ACE/NCCRS providers to see how they like the platform.  Such as the freebies at Kenzie Academy (it's like the Intro to Web Development by Sophia.org course, HTML/CSS/Javascript, etc).

Speaking of Kenzie Academy, the freebie is a very short intro: https://www.kenzie.academy/admissions/learn-to-code/ And it seems SNHU acquired them as per the March 9, 2021 blog update here:  https://www.kenzie.academy/blog/snhu-acq...edentials/ , I think this would go along well with Khan Academy, ModernStates, etc... These should be great starting points to get the ball rolling for them!