Where are you likely to hear a "Success Story" especially an adult who likely moved on from Scratch since they were... what.. 10 years old. Perhaps younger.

Truth is you are either going to be interested in programming.. or not. The question is how the brain triggers to get you interested.

I could argue the starting point (for me) was Visual Studio 6.0. (1998)

Or.. maybe.. it was Turbo Pascal and Turbo C. (1997)

Or.. maybe.. it was Quake and QuakeC. (1997)

Or.. maybe.. it was the Open University books laying around. (1995)

Or.. maybe.. it was watching DooM for the first time. (1993)

Or.. maybe.. it was playing the Amiga at my friends house (1991)

Or.. maybe.. it was playing the Amstrad at my friends house (1989-1990)

Or.. maybe.. it was the BBC Microcomputer I never got to touch in school. I saw others using it, though. (1988?)

Or.. maybe.. it was watching a zx spectrum advert around 1985. A little toddler pointing at the screen and expressing his interest to Mum. I loved that advert (and actually came across it again recently on YT) -- is this the REAL starting point?

Point is... Scratch is likely a great starting point for kids today. For some they might move to Python or something and forgetting where they started. Like me, they probably had other things before Scratch that peaked their interest.

"I wonder how they made 'X'"