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I'm a Gen Z and I've noticed the same thing. I think the ease of use for a lot of these technologies is to blame. A lot of people I know are into the Gaming PC

I'm a Gen Z and I've noticed the same thing. I think the ease of use for a lot of these technologies is to blame. A lot of people I know are into the Gaming PC subculture, but couldn't do much on the software side to fix a PC. The main reason why I tend to be good with low-level stuff on the computer is because I had a computer which constantly broke, and I had to optimize. I think for anyone who has a kid, the best way to get them interested in this stuff is to have a bad computer, or at least one that primarily uses the shell (not that those computers are bad, I use one myself).

inamiyar 5y ago
Also a zoomer...I don't know if I agree with the sentiment but my experience was similar. Made my first computer in 6th grade, evidently I did something wrong because I was debugging crashes on that machine for 6 years. Also significant time spent min-maxing our internet for League of Legends around that time.
spideymans 5y ago
>I think for anyone who has a kid, the best way to get them interested in this stuff is to have a bad computer, or at least one that primarily uses the shell (not that those computers are bad, I use one myself). I got deeply interested in technology the opposite way. I got an iPod touch as a kid, and I was amazed by how well designed it was. The thing felt completely delightful to use compared to the Windows XP/Vista systems that were around in the day. I immediately had dreams of writing apps for the iPod that were every bit as amazing as the rest of the system. It didn't take me long after unboxing that iPod touch for me to boot up an old Mac to start on my programming journey. And to this day, creating great user experiences is what drives my interest in software above all else.