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by penprog 4258 days ago
What does it even mean to be on the inside? Nobody in my family had any experience with computers. My first programming book was a gift for me when I was ten that I asked for (it was a learn C++ in 24 hours book). You can imagine how that turned out with nobody there to help me. I didn't understand what variables were let alone how to add the compiler to the path on windows. The only help I had was that my dad bought me the book and I had a family computer in the living room.

Am I on the inside?

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Yes; you started at 10, and had a computer growing up to practice on.
So pretty much everyone in the US who owned a computer was on in the inside.