Many of the greatest programmers in history started programming in adults.
See anyone you can think of from the 60s and 70s like Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.
See anyone you can think of from the 60s and 70s like Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.
Ken Thompson had a MS in EE/CS and Dennis Ritchie had degrees in both physics and mathematics, all of which are far more difficult than programming. Most of the other great names of the '60s/'70s have similar backgrounds, invalidating your point.