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Yes, it makes sense. She has to start somewhere. Plus an understanding of the basics certainly won't hurt.

That said, relatively, the build is the easy part. Solutions are effectively finite. What to build on the other hand? That is where the magic - or the agony of defeat - happens.

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Actually she has a decent idea for a web business so the plan is to get cracking on that. Seems she inherited her dad’s entrepreneurial spirit!

Great! But I was also thinking problem identification, as well as problem solving.

When they say "most IT projects fail" to me that translates to "Tech built the wrong thing. It worked. But ultimately it was the wrong solution." Clients never own that, do they?

Web agencies - at least the ones I've worked for - are notorious for giving the client what the client wants, not what the client needs. This ultimately, also effective translates to "the wrong solution."

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