[spacechild1]

> You only see top programmers who started as kids and probably won some Olympiads and programming competitions, and this continued in their 20s and maybe kept their skill up till 30s but that's about it.

Where do you get this idea?

[eimrine]

Not my quote but I consider this statement as totally realistic at least in sports.

[jbverschoor]

Probably movies, series, and techcrunch