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This a meta comment. Many other comments here talk about a correlation between wealth and programming early in life, which really surprised me. I started progra
by danmaz74 3y ago
This a meta comment. Many other comments here talk about a correlation between wealth and programming early in life, which really surprised me. I started programming on a commodore 64 in the early eighties, and I don't understand mentions of needing a desktop computer or powerful/expensive hardware; on the contrary, you could learn programming on any old computer with a keyboard.
Anybody cares to explain their reasoning here about the correlation with wealth? Besides any correlation between having started early and being a good prospective hire.
- morelisp 3y agoA C64 in 1983 cost the equivalent of ~$900 today.
- jjk166 3y agoI don't think the mention of the C64 was with regards to its affordability at the time, but rather its computing power. If you find a 20 year old computer in a dumpster, yeah it may have been expensive back in the day, but its cheap as dirt now, and so long as you can get it to turn on it's still going to be perfectly adequate for hobby programming. Programming may have been an expensive hobby 40 years ago, but it's been cheap for a very long time now.
- xupybd 3y agoI was raised by a single mother. We couldn't afford to fix broken windows. I didn't have a bed for a year. My shoes were worn out and didn't fit. We couldn't afford a C64 in the 90s. I eventually got a home PC but I was 16. I had a paper run and a cleaning job.