And it is a priceless gift that it is so much easier to learn this craft when you're starting out.

It truly is. I started my career in July, 1999 and even though there was an open source movement, it was nothing like there is today. Young people can post code up on Github and even participate in huge open source projects that affect millions of people.

Teach each other. Learn from each other. Grow together, and make the world more awesome than you found it.