I think the difference between you and me is that I made a switch in my mind. When I was a teen I realized the difference between a consumer and a creator. I decided that if I want to really participate in tech I needed to build things. So that's when I stop being a gamer with some tech savvy knowledge of the hardware to a person that studies computer, operating systems and software. Reading the first Linux documents make me realize how much stuff I was missing and how the world is tech really moves.