About 2 years ago, I picked up a book on HTML/CSS (HTML, mind you, I would come to hate it for disrespecting XHTML) and read through it one weekend, making an example webpage for each lesson. The natural step after that was JavaScript which I learned with glee. Of course, then I needed some server side-scripting, so I grabbed PHP. I have come to dislike now and wouldn't touch it with a 20 meter pole, but at that time it was a great gateway to other parts of computing.
Since then, I've learned Python and I love it. In fact, I'm a Python core developer (yes, with commit privs), and Google is paying me to work on it over the summer. I hope this is evidence that 15 year olds can make a difference!
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About 2 years ago, I picked up a book on HTML/CSS (HTML, mind you, I would come to hate it for disrespecting XHTML) and read through it one weekend, making an example webpage for each lesson. The natural step after that was JavaScript which I learned with glee. Of course, then I needed some server side-scripting, so I grabbed PHP. I have come to dislike now and wouldn't touch it with a 20 meter pole, but at that time it was a great gateway to other parts of computing.
Since then, I've learned Python and I love it. In fact, I'm a Python core developer (yes, with commit privs), and Google is paying me to work on it over the summer. I hope this is evidence that 15 year olds can make a difference!
I was sad that the Python one ended in 2006. They missed me!