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my now 15yr old son taught himself on unity / godot and is now teaching himself C++ via way of unreal.

if a self taught 15yr old can do it knock yourself out.

don't understimate the ability of a 15yo that wants to learn something with passion. It outperforms seniors

And has all the time in the world and all bills pay for them!

Doing software on the side was quite common for 15 year olds during the 8 and 16 bit revolution, many well known game developers in UK started exactly at that age.

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