http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16306742


He was nine years old when he was given his first MacBook - "one of the old ones," he says with a wry smile - and set about teaching himself animation software before progressing through iMovie, Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro in his Wimbledon bedroom.

He was doing it for fun - "I hadn't pushed out anything commercially," he says - which is somewhat reassuring given his age.

But it was only a matter of time before he started experimenting with apps. He downloaded the iPhone development kit and designed his first piece of software when he was 12.

 

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Not surprising, I'm sure he is far from unique.

 

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kids learn languages best when they are young. code is just a different language, I bet if you started teaching kids code they would pick it up faster then we can

smart though!

 

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I started programming C when I was 7. It's just a skill like any other. It's not some super complicated hard skill that requires decades of training to work up to.

 

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Programming does not equate with genius.


Anyone can program, if you take the effort to learn it.

Hell, most full time programmers I know are socially inept and always a bit.....off. (Read: MOST, not all, even you programmers would agree with that)


Coming up with an app idea is the far more impressive piece to the story.

 

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