I'll just add my two cents here. My parents are Baby Boomers and neither kept up on technology (they're both finally comfortable using cell phones and texting,

I'll just add my two cents here. My parents are Baby Boomers and neither kept up on technology (they're both finally comfortable using cell phones and texting, not quite to apps yet however). I loved playing video games growing up and my father is an avid outdoor type (loves plants, gardening, etc) was always harping on me to go outside and do stuff, rather than sitting gaming (and I did go outside and ride bikes, play basketball, or sorts of stuff. I think he just always managed to catch me when I was gaming haha). But all that gaming led to my interest in computers, and building/upgrading my PC because it was slow and I lagged like mad in MMORPGs, which eventually led to my choosing to study Computer Science in college. I'm sure there are actually a lot more people like me who picked up programming later in life (I didn't write my first line of code until I was 19!) than those whose parents got them started young.