2 ms·

I think the 17 in the article is a typo for 27. He picked up programming in his teenage years, and the article mentions a "10 years later". Also, it'd be extrem

by GuiA 13y ago

I think the 17 in the article is a typo for 27. He picked up programming in his teenage years, and the article mentions a "10 years later". Also, it'd be extremely surprising (possible, but surprising) that a 17 year old would have "won awards and travelled all around the country to meet people and attend or speak at conferences."

DanielTomlinson 13y ago
Hey! Writer here, I just thought it might be worth saying that I am indeed 17! :) I started programming aged around 7 or 8, and have won a couple of awards (Most recently a Google Code Award for ProjectHermes - a natural language analysing bullying detector for twitter), and spoken at a few events as well. I'm incredibly surprised myself by the things I've done over the years, it's a pretty awesome world!