So he says in this article in Inc. magazine. Apparently, he got interested in programming after starting to play video games. He thought he could make his own games. He started on a Commodore computer with the Basic language—remember?
He sold his first video game for $500 at the age of 12. Read more here:
https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/elon-musk-programming-coding-video-games-tesla.html
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