After Sarah calmed down, she was sent into a room. "I didn't expect a girl," the man said. He was in his twenties, and seemed friendly enough.
"I'm not ending up some sort of dorky programmer," she said. "When my parents find out..."
He interrupted her. "My name is Ted. Now, we have a lot of things to do to get you up to speed. So, I want you to sit down and we'll get started."
"But..." She protested.
"Don't worry about it. I'm not some sort of slave driver or anything. We'll have a lot of fun too, I promise."
Sarah tried to protest more, but it seemed easier to cooperate. There was always tomorrow.
"Now, computer programmers are individuals, not stereotypes, with unique personalities and quirks. Programmers program games, financial software, websites...so you need to have a wide range of knowledge to be a good programmer. We're going to start with pop culture."
He turned on a television. It began to play an old episode of Star Trek.
