Absolutely right. I don't remember what age I started programming. I'm 34 now and I started by typing in BASIC programs from Byte magazine when I was in element

Absolutely right. I don't remember what age I started programming. I'm 34 now and I started by typing in BASIC programs from Byte magazine when I was in elementary school. I was an awful programmer until I started doing it professionally. It was only then that I deliberately worked at improving at it. Now I'm in college but if I had gone after high school my only advantage would have been a familiarity with the tools and syntax.