Comment by herewulf

You may not feel like you are completing or have completed a lot, but it is the journey that you are accomplishing. Clearly an incredible amount already! I had a similar story as you from a prior decade of tinkering (initially MSDOS/Windows, eventually Linux), and even chasing gaming. I never built any significant finished projects but I learned a ton of skills in the process of tinkering, hacking, and experimenting, all of which has resulted in a rewarding career and personal computing experiences.

It's great to read about younger people here treading the same path towards intellectual curiosity in computing. Keep up the great work!