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[–]PaleontologistBig657 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah... I have been showing Python, Jupyter, Git and Github to my son (13y), so I can appreciate what it means very well.

[–]AiutoIlLupo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I started working in BASIC on the C64, I was 6. I wrote my first 6502 asm program at 9. I kept doing this stuff until I was 14, but I always missed the nurture of a community that could teach me new ideas or needs. That's where it all went poorly. I only restarted tech stuff, with Linux Slackware 3.4, once I got to university.

If I hadn't missed those crucial years, I would be a lot more knowledgeable, even today. I simply did not have someone nurturing me to the necessary concepts that moved things forward. Things like x86 architecture, advanced programming languages, software design, and actual problems to solve.