18-Year-Old Self-Taught Dev Traces Coding Roots to a Failed macOS Install Attempt

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Saisakthi, an 18-year-old self-taught developer, shares how his programming journey began in 9th grade after watching a YouTube video comparing macOS and Windows. Curious about why the two operating systems couldn't be combined, he set out to install macOS on a Windows machine. The process took over a month, involved learning about torrents, and drew complaints from his mother over excessive internet usage. He eventually got macOS running inside VirtualBox, though the project ultimately did not work as intended. Despite the failure, Saisakthi credits this experience as the spark that launched his interest in programming and technology.

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