This is basically the reply I was gonna write. I might also add that, at least for me personally, the only reason I got into programming was because I didn't ha

This is basically the reply I was gonna write. I might also add that, at least for me personally, the only reason I got into programming was because I didn't have anything better to do in middle/high school. If I had a non-dysfunctional family, a girlfriend, an active social life, or a hobby (like woodworking, cars, reading books, etc) I probably would have focused on those things. But all I did day in and day out was be on the computer, and programming was basically the only productive thing you could do, so I gravitated towards that. A lot of my programmer peers in high school had the same deal, they couldn't really do anything else other than be on the computer so they got into video games and programming.