My parents thought I was wasting my life playing video games. I became a millionaire by 27.0

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• August 17, 2026

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dima Beseda, cofounder of Spiry. It has been edited for length and clarity. I was only 3 when my dad brought our first computer into the house, but it changed my life. At a very young age, I realized that video games had clear-cut rules. I