It hailed Mr Ross, now 19, as a software prodigy. He is also a talented pianist and “an unbelievable creative writer”, according to his mother, Ross. “Anything he does, he does well,” she said. As a seven-year-old Mr Ross became hooked on the popular computer game SimCity, designing and budgeting his own virtual city. By 10, he had created his own website. He later created his own computer applications and online text games.Soon he was reporting computer software flaws to manufacturers online. At 14 he was offered an internship at Netscape in Silicon Valley. His mother drove him out to California for three summers in succession.
I'm a waste.
18 posted on 01/04/2005 4:45:03 PM PST by Maceman
(Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)