[hammmatt]

It is amazing how many young people can succeed in technical fields at a young age.

Most great physicists make some of their incredible discoveries when they are young.

Mark Zuckerburg was in college when facebook was created. Same with Napster and dozens of others.

Maybe, there is something special about that age. It is when you can actually use the brainpower, business intelligence, ext. If you have the goods, they seem to show around that age.

[nck4222]

Yeah that's actually exactly it. People are evolutionarily wired to try to stand out/take risks at that age.

"The tendency [to take risks] probably affects one in five people, mostly young males, and declines with age. It may ensure our survival, even spur our evolution as individuals and as a species. Risk taking probably bestowed a crucial evolutionary advantage."

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200910/risk

[nerfhammer]

Also at that age someone else is subsidizing your existence so you can play around with whatever projects you feel like with no expectations