{"id":16703,"date":"2024-01-29T05:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/?p=16703"},"modified":"2024-01-29T05:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T04:00:53","slug":"when-did-elon-musk-started-coding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceoinfluencers.com\/when-did-elon-musk-started-coding\/","title":{"rendered":"When Did Elon Musk Started Coding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When did Elon Musk started coding?<\/h2>\n

Elon Musk is a highly successful entrepreneur, engineer and inventor known for his revolutionary contributions through technology and innovation. Musk has revolutionized the space industry, electrified the automotive industry, and created ground-breaking companies such as Tesla and SpaceX. What many people don’t know is that Musk learned coding in his teenage years and that has served as a pivotal foundation for many of his successes. <\/p>\n

At the age of 12, Musk became so fascinated with computers that he would routinely find himself playing video games for days at a time. His parents, frustrated that the computer had become the center of his universe, gave Musk an ultimatum. Musk had to either read two books a week for the entire summer, or create his own video game. Musk chose the latter, and began coding in the late 1980s. <\/p>\n

In an interview in 2019, Musk commented on his early development of coding skills: “When I was a kid, I pretty much just played video games, read books, and tinkered with electronics. I coded a lot at first. Most of the coding was on the Apple II computer I had. I made a game called Blastar, which was kind of like Space Invaders or Asteroids, but it was quite basic.” <\/p>\n

Musk’s enthusiasm to learn coding was far advanced than many of his peers at the time. Pupil to pupil, Musk was able to easily pick up new computer programming skills, such as Basic and Pascal. Musk’s mother expressed her amazement at the time, claiming that it took only a few months for him to become proficient in coding. <\/p>\n