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that's true for old people, but almost anyone have access to the internet/computers today, so for younger generations the questions isn't did you have access/su
by throwawayadvsec 3y ago
that's true for old people, but almost anyone have access to the internet/computers today, so for younger generations the questions isn't did you have access/support, but did you prefer playing minecraft/fortnite/watching youtube or learning to code?
- croo 3y agoDid you eat cookies and sweets all day or you ignored those and ate the normal meal as a kid provided you always had access to both? There is no kid who choose hard learning over low hanging dopamine fruits these days. If they do the opposite they are either backed by parents or REALLY strange.
- throwawayadvsec 3y agoI loved spinach, and I loved pizza. Just like I loved coding and MMOs. being called strange for learning stuff on freaking Hacker News is what's really strange
- dfgdrgf 3y ago[dead]
- Jcowell 3y agoI wouldn’t have a career in computer science if I didn’t take an early college computer science course my senior year of high school. I had no idea about the world of programming the same way the a classroom setting would gave me and my high school was so poor it didn’t have AP classes to introduce me earlier. I’m in my early 20s. it’s absolutely about access/support.
- throwawayadvsec 3y agoYou didn't have a computer until your senior year of high school?
- Jcowell 3y agoNothing spurred me on to do computer science until I took an actual programming course. I was like the rest of the population that had no idea or interest of the things going on underneath until it was showed for me. And no I didn’t get a personal computer until my freshman year of college. Up until then I used my Family’s computer to write essays and did everything else on the web via my phone. a lot of things are really about opportunity