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Re:Nontechnical 17 year old startup founder with chutzpah is... by ivankirigin on Tuesday July 15, 2008 @11:20AM (#246715)
I didn't start programming till I was 17. Heavy math focus before that though.
Re:Nontechnical 17 year old startup founder with chutzpah is... by nostrademons on Tuesday July 15, 2008 @01:02PM (#246829)
I started when I was 10, but I didn't get seriously into programming (like deciding it was going to be a profession) until I was 23. Also had a heavy math focus, though it was more because I enjoyed math than because I knew I wanted to do something that needed math.

There's plenty of time to try things out in high school and college, and it doesn't make sense to specialize until you have a sense of what's out there and what you might enjoy. The world is much, much broader than it seems in high school.

Re:Nontechnical 17 year old startup founder with chutzpah is... by ia on Tuesday July 15, 2008 @11:29AM (#246726)
i didn't start until i was 22... i'm 24 now. am i doomed?
Re:Nontechnical 17 year old startup founder with chutzpah is... by ivankirigin on Tuesday July 15, 2008 @01:16PM (#246850)
You learn by doing. So keep doing it.