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This reminds of a 17yo boy in Brazil who learned how to program on broken smartphones.

The phones were seriously broken. One had a faulty touchscreen in the middle and the boy could only use it upside down with a reduced screen size. He described in a Twitter thread[1] all the struggles he had with the broken phones.

His story got picked up by the media[2]. He was hired by one of the biggest fintechs in Brazil and has been working there since then. He also got many donations, which helped him buy a new computer and finish reconstructing his family house.

[1] https://twitter.com/cezarpauxis/status/1343934072440156160 (pt-BR)

[2] https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-56337365 (pt-BR)