At Dinner, My Family Said They Were Done With Me—Then A Woman In A Navy Blazer Entered Looking Only For Me

into coding, teaching myself Python and JavaScript in my bedroom while Tracy practiced her poses for Instagram. I built my first app at sixteen—a simple tool to help students organize their homework. It had a thousand downloads before I graduated.

“That’s nice, dear,” Mom had said when I showed her. “But you really should be thinking about college applications.continue reading …