"I believe there are extraordinarily talented people outside the usual audience for tech"

~Jukay Hus, founder of Access Code , non-profit app building learning initiative

Check out this "learning to code through application building" article here! Another example that when you're personally motivated to make something, you can learn areas outside of your comfort zone, especially in a group "playing hard" community, exactly what MIT Media lab, Scratch, and App Inventor are all about.