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Yes true for most people ( I am 13, Started programming in Java with 10 ) but some also do this other stuff. Like I installed ubports on my second phone today ( Writing this on it )

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Never heard of ubports. Looks interesting. A 40 year old just learned something from a 13 year old. If this is how you're spending your free time, then you have a bright future ahead of you. Keep it up!

You should consider this interaction as an opportunity to also revisit your ageism. I'm all for encouraging young people, and OP seems a really bright 13 years old person, for sure. But try to keep condescension out of the way. As anybody with children can tell you, we all learn from them all the time. It's not something surprising.

Maybe don't throw -isms around so lightly, eh?

I find hard to interpret "A 40 yo learned something from a 13 yo" in a non ageist way. Seems that people disagree, but nobody has provided a counterpoint.

Actually, the comment in question would have been perfect encouragement in my view just by removing that phrase.

Just felt like a bit of an overreaction to me.

I've only ever heard that term to mean bias against people considered too old for a given activity.

That's the most commonly discussed form. There are others as in https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/ageism

I think you are the exception, not the rule. I teach Scratch, MakeCode, and Microbit to kids at my daughters school. Only a small fraction take it serious and get into tinkering and making stuff.

postmarket OS is also fun, and a bit more Linuxy...

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