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Yep, I’m 53 too, so we aged into this computer thing at the same time, heh.

I do know several teenagers who are teaching themselves to code now, and while they don’t do this sort of repetitive retyping, the really committed ones do seem to have that muscle memory … when I shoulder-surf while they’re working on something, they’re pretty damn sharp

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Clive Thompson
Clive Thompson

Written by Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net

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