Taught me to build them. What was your start in computing?

You know when you are on a hike, and there is a point where you are exactly midway through it? There is always a reflection moment in there, where some thinking happens. Sometimes you look back and realize: it’s been a long journey so far, hasn’t it? I recently turned 30, which, like all numbers that arbitrarily end with a zero, is a special time for reflection. For funsies and to reflect, I wrote what I’ve been up to the last 12 years and how I got to where I am. This is part one of a multi-part series exploring my journey into software engineering. Clicking Everything: How Curiosity Built My Foundation The first time I broke my computer, I wasn’t upset. I was thrilled. Breaking things taught me how they worked, and that black terminal screen wasn’t just a mystery; it was an invitation. It’s a little bit unclear when exactly I got into software engineer, but I have some ideas of what started my curiosity in computers. The first and most important thing, is that my mom got us a com ... Read full article.