Most hackers in the space start out at the freshman year or middle school age, my dude. Was the case 20 years ago.
Usually by the time you are in working age people have outgrown the e-ego waving contest to be incentivized to cheat in an inconsequential video game*
*with some exceptions.
it wasn't a brag or anything, i just don't know by what means i would've been introduced to that stuff other than game cheats. 15-year-old-me definitely did not care about crackmes or malware reversing.
i did start writing code in middle school, though. php, mostly :)