> I never would have made it in this industry if it wasn't for spending endless hours with my computer for years before I had less and less time when I got olde

> I never would have made it in this industry if it wasn't for spending endless hours with my computer for years before I had less and less time when I got older. The amount of people that had the same upbringing but just became addicted to the internet/gaming instead of becoming a programmer is staggering though. edit I'll add, I don't think blanket rules do much good either. The amount of "I won't let my kid do ____", where ____ is a pretty normal and mostly harmless thing, in this thread, is pretty wild. You have to teach kids to be reflective and thoughtful people, not just afraid of everything and/or unable to assess when something's good and when it's bad.