> I suspect that the proportion of the population who are predisposed to be "computer nerds" as we were often known in the 80s/90s, is pretty much the same. Po

> I suspect that the proportion of the population who are predisposed to be "computer nerds" as we were often known in the 80s/90s, is pretty much the same. Possibly. But the fact that owning a PC essentially forced the exposure to happen undoubtedly caused more seeds to grow. It’s far too easy these days to never encounter that friction, and therefore people with latent skills simply go into something else (or worse, never find another passion).