Never has the discipline to learn the 5 WPM let alone 13 as a teenager.
As a “Senior”, forced self to get serious about the theory section, got a General.
It was a great mental exercise.
As of 1976 I had my FCC First Class Radiotelephone license with ship's RADAR endorsement and Advanced class (13 WPM). I was doing OK on CW up to 18 WPM. Just didn't have the patience to screw with it. Once the CW requirement was dropped, I spent a couple weeks of study and passed the Extra Class. I just turned 61 and I and still enjoy designing hardware, software and data protocols. My latest rig in hand is the Yaesu FT2DR (C4FM capable). Nobody in my area is doing anything with it. The openSPOT will gateway C4FM if you set your "digital callsign" to your DMR ID. That makes the radio more usable.
The TCP/IP development work I did with Phil Karn (KA9Q) in the mid-80's was a major influence on my "day job". It went hard over into datacom. X.25 on Amdahl, TCP/IP on UNIX. Kernel device driver work for HP-UX, UNISYS and Linux variants. It's fun when your hobby gooses your skillset at work.