Because if you've been coding since you were eight then you should probably know by now the difference between anecdotes and data. And that enjoying a privileg

Because if you've been coding since you were eight then you should probably know by now the difference between anecdotes and data. And that enjoying a privilege despite limited resources doesn't make it not a privilege. And that most of them relied on decisions made by an adult, not by the future hacker (parents stretching their budgets, teachers/schools offering use of their computers, etc.).