Most people that grew up obsessed with computers as kids don't end up being good programmers. Why is that?

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I have a theory. I think using too much computers negatively affect your attention span. On the other hand, programming takes a lot of focus and attention. That's why the computer wiz kids struggle at programming often.

Programming is best done in a state of deep contemplation away from the computer. Solve the problem in your mind, then formally prove it on paper, and lastly code it.

Because they never realized that creating programs and tools is the game you use computers to play, The games that are labeled games are really just mini-games.

cause the the social outcasts who were obsessed with computers as kids have mental issues as adults thus cant function. At least in my case.

Holy fuck the retarded shit you read on here sometimes.
You could say the same thing about programmers who cannot install an operating system or assemble a PC.

OP you are a fucking idiot and your brain makes retarded patterns. Please never post again, fuck you.

99% of programming is a low intelligence occupation, best suited for braindead pajeets. someone that is interested in computers will naturally find it repulsive

They like computing as a hobby, and taking things apart and putting them back together for fun. Being a codemonkey is a completely different realm.

Any programmer can in less than 5 minutes learn how to install an OS or assemble a PC, it's not a set of skills a programmer should be wasting their time on. As for learning to program on the other hand it requires years of practice and dedication.

Because you need to spend time and effort to get good at something, and people neither want to spend the effort or time.

A lot do. I think the walled garden nature of computers as they progress just means a lot of people obsessed with them as you approach today had less control over the device and less method of that interest ever becoming a proper exploration of computers.

>Most people that grew up obsessed with pretty much anything as kids don't end up being good programmers. Why is that?
Writing front-end code by gluing together a bunch of pre-written libraries is at the intellectual limit for the average person. Most people are shit programmers at anything more complex. Doesn't matter if they were obsessed with computers or with turtles, the limiting factor here is intelligence not childhood interests.

The ones that were obsessed with computers end up being good sysadmins, programmers, opsec, et cetera. The ones obsessed with GAMES end up being complete losers.

Refute me.

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I was obsessed with computers and not really into games and here I am, a complete looser.

how many 12 year olds are interested in Unix systems and security?
if you were pirating, installing mods, making logic gates with basic systems in the game, and then eventually making your own "games" as a kid, you could easily become a decent programmer

Yea, It funny though.
I was never a hardcore at computers, hell my first computer was in the age of 16, my first line of code was written when at 26 and i only learned Unix not 'till recently.

Still i'm studying CS and for some obscure reason i'm better at programming than most of the "geeks" in my class - and i'm not even good.

Did all of that as a kid, apart from the Unix part, self studied electronics and then played with actual logic gates, circuits and moved on to micro controllers (PIC, Arduino etc).
Today I'm a jack of all trades somewhere between sysadmin, programmer, mechanical/electrical/platform engineer and if there's one thing I really really hate (other than people) - it's programming...

But this isn't true at all.

Because most people never become good at anything regardless of their interests.

P.S. Don't think I actually have autism, just ended up with a lot of boring hobbies that turned into one interesting job. The downside is that now I don't have any hobbies...

I've been using computers since I was a kid and, although I don't do it professionally, I program as a hobby. Right now I am working on a game project with the Source engine in C++. I think I am a decent programmer, I don't have any formal education in the subject though. People who have been using computers since they was children have the potential to become good programmers because they have a good feeling for how computers work and understand them.

Being a good programmer requires a 130+ IQ, which is only a couple percent of the population, whereas nearly anyone can get addicted to vidya gaymes. Most of those people don't have the capacity to become good programmers.