From nowhere midwest
Touched my first computer when I was 5y/o.
Built my first computer from garage sale parts by 8y/o.
Taught myself to code by 10y/o.
Started playing UO around then. Scripted bots that harvested / crafted.
Played EQ around 12-15y/o, got big into MQ2. Could unattended macro lvs. 1-40.
Farmed BoT towers every night in PoP w/ group of 3. Pulled in about 100kpp/night on FV.
RMT'd around 30k worth gear when I was 15.
Went to College, hated it. Worked for the College, hated it.
Got into HPC creating distributed systems.
Started my own Silicon Valley consultancy.
Helped create a few multi-billion $ companies.
Started my own company.
Not even 30.
?? profit
Now that I think back on it, playing FPS/UO/EQ when I was growing up really enforced a lot of the skills required to succeed in the world at large.
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