One or two of these ‘stupid kids’ could be the next Hideo Kojima; no one knows. Hideo himself was just like that and I very much respect him for what he had accomplished. (just to name one of them)
Many, many old school heroes was just that. Curious young guys trying to learn/make something from their machines in their bedrooms.
I know I won’t because I’m already too old, but I’d LOVE to see some kid reach a stellar career now that all the technology, once impossible to gain access to, is freely accessible for him/her to use and learn from.