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I'm always jealous of people who were introduced to computing early. I'm 19 now and have done well, but I didn't get access to the internet until 14 and never had anyone to show me about things. I feel as if I had been introduced much earlier there were much greater opportunities, 5 years ago this sort of thing would have been unheard of but now it's become more and more common; anyone of any age can start something and be successful. Imagining knowing what I know now when I was 15...

It's awesome and a great change, now age is as insignificant as it should be. Well done Daniil!

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No need to be jealous - you've got lots of time and there are always new things to start. My grandpa was 80 when he bought a TRS-80 and learned basic, then he upgraded to a PC to organize the seniors in his retirement home.

It's all relative kid. :)

I'm pushing 40 and think you're pretty lucky.

There's always someone who started earlier and always someone later. What matters more is what you do with your time.

14 is still really early. I didn't really start with programming until my late 20s. You have your prime years of few responsibilities ahead of you. I WISH I'd been programming since 19. Please, please don't feel old. You are primed to do whatever you want long before you should ever feel your years.

Same here. I was born 10 years too early. When I look back at all the stuff I produced as a kid (I still have them in boxes), I have no doubt I would've been able to make the next Facebook if only I was introduced to computers earlier and the internet was more mainstream than it was. Kids have so much free time...

You mean, you would've had the programming chops, or you would've had the desire to make an online network at a time when Myspace existed? I knew plenty of guys at that time who were very good programmers...but none of them were at the right place at the right time.

i didn't start programming until 22. i'm 27 now with a master's in cs. i'm a senior dev at a company that was just acquired. i thought i was behind, so i worked that much harder to catch up. i'm still catching up every day, but i think it's paid off so far.

Completely agree - I'm on the same exact boat. I started html when I was around 14, I learned how to outsource quickly and I sort of regret that now because I stopped coding. The greatest thing about the web business for me is that age doesn't matter, there is still some age discrimination but its less prevalent than offline per say.

You may feel like you got a late start, but the key is to figure out what you can get an early start on now.

There's always the new new thing.

YOU'RE ONLY 19.

That is still early. You still have 15 years before you reach my age. Nearly double you're current lifetime.

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