It was an amazing experience and it set the course for the rest of my life.
I have a story, not related to any of these topics, but it’s still fun.
I was 8, and my mom brought home, from Kodak, a whole bunch of Cobol coding sheets. They were huge, like 14 by 20 inches, and they were blank on the back. Mom thought I’d color or draw on the back.
I flipped them right-side-up, studied them for a while, marched into the living room, and told my mom, “Mom, I’m going to be a computer programmer when I grow up.”
Mom smiled, tussled my hair a little, and said “Awww, isn’t that cute!”
Yeah well, Mom, how do you like me NOW????
That’s right. At the age of 8, I knew what my career would be.