Aren't there apps that they like? "IT" people make TikTok, Instagram, Roblox, Discord, WhatApp, Fortnite, every iPhone app, every website... if they name any particular app that they enjoy, you can kinda go over how it's made (briefly).<p>As for career opportunities, eh, IMO, no need to oversell it, right? We're just a field like any other, and I think the glory days of the 90s and 2000s are way past us. Nowadays it's mostly a few gigantic companies doing the innovation and everyone is mostly just a tiny cog in a big, uncaring machine... it often IS boring, repetitive work. Sure, software gave us cat videos and social media and AI text. That's cool, I guess, but then there's the terrible reality of the exploitative gaming industry, the leetcode grind, the Scrumfail meetings, the endless Javascript framework treadmill... most of it is isn't anything awe-inspiring, just normal, boring work.<p>Unless you're at the top of the field doing R&D, software isn't some super special thing every kid MUST go into. If they show an interest in it, sure, why not, but if not... there's so much else they can do instead that's better for them and for the world. Paint an honest picture for them so they can decide for themselves if it's right, rather than being lured into something that ultimately disappoints and burns them out.