Ask HN: Have you sent kids to (or attended) a coding camp?

Josh Fruhlinger (jfruh@jfruh.com) is collecting input for an article; but it also seems like a worthy topic to discuss here.

Josh is mainly interested in experiences from the past five years, with an eye towards giving practical advice to parents who are considering sending their kids to one of these.

Overall, what did the child get out of it? Were you happy? Was the kid? Was it a good value, in any way you would like to interpret that?

What did you look for when you went "shopping"? What would you have done differently, if you had it to do again?

Drop a note to Josh in email if you want to reply privately, but I dare say people here have experiences to share.