The Changing Image of the Tech Prodigy

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January 18, 2012

The Changing Image of the Tech Prodigy

By Trevor Boland

The preconceived image the average person has of a web developer has changed in recent years: From lonely geek living in his mother's basement lit only by the flickering light of a dozen haphazardly stacked CRT's to the dashing Mark Zuckerberg-esque college students trying to mirror his success with varying results. This is a step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned but, it seems the image may change again: To children. Recently child developers seem to be falling into the news, proving that with dedication and a few hand cramps, anybody can change the face of tech.

Once upon a time, a kid would get bored and build a lemonade stand. For 12-year-old Harry Moran of Ireland, however, that wasn't good enough. He recently became the world's youngest Mac app developer, publishing his game PizzaBot. Was the game successful? You could say that. Before long it easily...

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