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Young hackers show us that becoming a hacker doesn't require that much time. A few years, perhaps. :)

by megous 5y ago

oblio 5y ago
My bet is that they started hacking (with help/guidance, most likely) since when they were able to read, which could have been as early as 3-4. So at this point they probably have 10+ years of experience and probably thousands of hours of practice. Still amazing. But coding is easy to get started with. Now, a 14 year old world renowned notary, that I will probably not see within my lifetime :-))
- rowanG077 5y ago
  I don't really believe notary is harder or easier then programming. However there are very crucial reasons that you will never see a 14 year old world renowned notary. 1. It's a protected job in most countries 2. It's just boring for kids. In addition with programming you can create and mod games which is how a lot of people start their first programming steps as a kid. Kids don't just start programming because they think hmm I want to program. No they want to do something and to do it they have program. There is 0 incentive for a kid to do notary work.
  - oblio 5y ago
    > harder > 1. It's a protected job in most countries Not all things which are difficult to do are difficult because laws of physics do not allow them ;-)
    - rowanG077 5y ago
      Huh? How are laws of physics even remotely related to a kid learning any adult profession?
      - oblio 5y ago
        I'll rephrase my previous comment: because being a notary is a protected profession in most country, it's hard (probably impossible) for a kid to become a successful notary. Sometimes "hard" means "other people make it hard". It doesn't mean that it's hard in the sense that you have to discover new things or go to other worlds or be able to read binary code fluently while it's scrolling down the screen, Matrix-style :-)
        rowanG077 5y ago
        Then I misunderstood your point. You are only impressed by something a child does if it's impossible?

Young hackers show us that becoming a hacker doesn't require that much time. A few years, perhaps. :)

by megous 5y ago

Young hackers show us that becoming a hacker doesn't require that much time. A few years, perhaps. :)

My bet is that they started hacking (with help/guidance, most likely) since when they were able to read, which could have been as early as 3-4. So at this point they probably have 10+ years of experience and probably thousands of hours of practice. Still amazing. But coding is easy to get started with. Now, a 14 year old world renowned notary, that I will probably not see within my lifetime :-))

rowanG077 5y ago
I don't really believe notary is harder or easier then programming. However there are very crucial reasons that you will never see a 14 year old world renowned notary. 1. It's a protected job in most countries 2. It's just boring for kids. In addition with programming you can create and mod games which is how a lot of people start their first programming steps as a kid. Kids don't just start programming because they think hmm I want to program. No they want to do something and to do it they have program. There is 0 incentive for a kid to do notary work.
- oblio 5y ago
  > harder > 1. It's a protected job in most countries Not all things which are difficult to do are difficult because laws of physics do not allow them ;-)
  - rowanG077 5y ago
    Huh? How are laws of physics even remotely related to a kid learning any adult profession?
    - oblio 5y ago
      I'll rephrase my previous comment: because being a notary is a protected profession in most country, it's hard (probably impossible) for a kid to become a successful notary. Sometimes "hard" means "other people make it hard". It doesn't mean that it's hard in the sense that you have to discover new things or go to other worlds or be able to read binary code fluently while it's scrolling down the screen, Matrix-style :-)
      - rowanG077 5y ago
        Then I misunderstood your point. You are only impressed by something a child does if it's impossible?