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How old were you when you knew computers and tech were your life? - Hayteful - Dec 17, 2025
I was in the 2nd grade and built a computer out of throw away PCs I found. Was too poor growing up to afford to buy one at the time. What about you guys?
RE: How old were you when you knew computers and tech were your life? - Mаtt - Dec 17, 2025
Computers and video games intrigued me since I was able to play (4 - 5 years old). I got more into computers around 12ish and started tinkering around 17. I wish I took it more seriously in my teenage years, but here we are.
RE: How old were you when you knew computers and tech were your life? - JoshAllen - Dec 17, 2025
Probably around 11 or 12.
It's when I started really getting into video games, then wanting to record them and upload them to youtube, making friends online, etc.
RE: How old were you when you knew computers and tech were your life? - Countzer094 - Dec 18, 2025
(Dec 17, 2025 08:22 AM)Hayteful Wrote: I was in the 2nd grade and built a computer out of throw away PCs I found. Was too poor growing up to afford to buy one at the time. What about you guys?
I found IRC and troll forums. Encyclopedia Dramatica, and other sites. I used to spend hours on those, and from there I learnt the basics, very basics in doing shit like ddos attacks, and writing smaller scripts and learnt my way from there.
Nowdays I don't do anything like that, I still use irc and I have some stuff I do where I generally help out but it's via ftp server catalogue sorting.
RE: How old were you when you knew computers and tech were your life? - Deany - Dec 18, 2025
My life , no. A tool to sell stuff defo yes.
RE: How old were you when you knew computers and tech were your life? - ava_luv - Dec 18, 2025
Middle school, I managed to tinker with the shared folder in my school and managed to put Roblox on it (i'm 19 nowadays, this was before covid)
RE: How old were you when you knew computers and tech were your life? - Oracle Services - Dec 22, 2025
(Dec 17, 2025 08:22 AM)Hayteful Wrote: I was in the 2nd grade and built a computer out of throw away PCs I found. Was too poor growing up to afford to buy one at the time. What about you guys?
Started at 6 playing online flash games, then to conspiracy theories at 11 that led me to understand how valuable it is to have good tech-awareness and literacy.