Mark Zuckerman was still in kindergarten when I started to learn to code, and I think Bill Gates was only fairly rich. I learned to get some specific things done, found it useful, and started looking for more things to do.<p>(Actually, I've never looked into MZ's biography, so he could've skipped a few grades, and I have no idea about the rate of growth of Gates's wealth. Still.)
>> When you reach a certain age, you're put out to pasture to fend for yourself. People seem to think "coding" is a young person's activity (even though it isn't), and if you're lucky enough to get a job doing it, you'll have to find something else to do when you're 35 or so, and that's not going to be so easy.<p>Why is this?