Comment by matwood

1 day ago

Everyone has some level of privilege. I didn't get my first PC until I was a freshman in college. I had to spend part of my college loan buying one (~$3k IIRC). Up to that point I had only played with the Apple IIc's and the few Macs they had at my high school..

Information on programming also wasn't as readily available as it is now. I used to go the book stores and use pencil and paper and copy out solutions since $50+ for a book was way more money than I could spend.