What steps have they taken so far? What have they been doing for the past decade since dropping out of their bachelors degree?

Do they actually like coding? There are a lot of tech adjacent jobs that have a lower barrier to entry, like a scrum master or PM, which could get them in the door. There are also support roles that don’t require coding, or less coding than a full on dev role.

Harvard makes their CS50 class available to the public. That would probably be a good foundation to build on and give them enough information to know if they want to keep going.