That's still something to aim for :P
Or you could get together with some developers and start your own business, that'd be a lot of hard work though.
It takes a lot to ruin a kids life, the tick is burying your impatience or finding an excuse to move on to another kid and come back a little later to see how the frustrating one is going. You can also make use of scaffolding to have another kid help whilst you're gone, which sometimes works better than your own explanations.