It was 1989 — no one knew how far this 17-year-old boy named Elon Musk would go on in his life as he gave a computer operation and programming aptitude test at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) at the time.
Elon Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, shared the results of this computer aptitude test after 35 years. Musk scored an A+ in both disciplines of computer science in this test.
As far as I remember, these were the days of 286 and 386 computers. DOS was the operating system, and GW-BASIC and FoxPro were the programming languages at the time. Mastering these skills at the time was considered a significant success in those days.
“While sorting through photos, I came across computer aptitude test results of Elon Musk at 17,” Elon Musk’s mother posted on X (Twitter). “My genius boy. Proud mom,” she said.
Maye Musk shared the following screenshot of the aptitude test result found in her archive of family documents:
Elon Musk joined the discussion thread and added some interesting details to this important event in his life, he wrote on X:
They said I scored the highest for engineering aptitude that they had ever seen.
Or, in other words, not bad for a human, as a future AI might say.
Elon Musk has always been a bright student. When computers started going mainstream, Musk took special interest in the field. He even made a video game named Blastar in 1983 as a 12-year-old child. He developed this game for the Commodore VIC-20 home computer.
His video game was featured in the South African magazine PC and Office Technology in 1984.
His mother, Maye Musk, is an accomplished model and writer in her own right. She’s the author of the bestselling book ‘A Mother Makes a Plan’, which details her efforts in supporting her children’s ambitions.
Maye occasionally accompanies Elon Musk to various events. At the 2022 Met Gala, both Maye and Elon Musk became the center of attention because of their charisma and unique taste in fashion.
Maye also appears at Tesla Community events whenever she gets a chance. She brightened the evening for Tesla owners and enthusiasts at the 2023 Tesla Takeover gathering in San Luis Obispo, California.
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