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The Raspberry Pi Generation
Today’s teen is the most technologically fluent
of all time, with coding, engineering and design
skills that outstrip many of their elders. Low set-
up costs coupled with the promise of substantial
rewards have made tech a desirable career path.
The Raspberry Pi generation believes in just doing
it. Named after the wildly popular $25 computer
that inspired a legion of amateur tech engineers,
this cohort of tech-savvy teens places
more importance on experience than formal
education. Today’s teens are only too aware
of the instability of the traditional employment
market, having watched their siblings graduate and
struggle to find work.
Many of their heroes – such as Facebook
founder Mark Zuckerberg and PayPal co-founder
Peter Thiel – are college dropouts. “From the very
strong sense of entitlement among youth 10 years
ago, we now have an anxious generation which is
losing faith in university and organised systems,”
says Crysell.
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Spencer Costanzo is the American 19-year-
old founder of app development company
Malibu Apps, which produces lifestyle-based
apps. The self-starter now ranks in the top 1%
of mobile application developers worldwide.
“There’s no time to waste and there’s no
better time to start your business than now,”
Costanzo told online blog Doers. “If you have
an idea, just start.”
Lane Sutton
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