It makes me feel incredibly nostalgic too. In the 80s I used to borrow books from my local library about programming (written for kids) [1], and spend hours typ

It makes me feel incredibly nostalgic too. In the 80s I used to borrow books from my local library about programming (written for kids) [1], and spend hours typing out source code for computers that used a slightly different version of BASIC. While I was frustrated they wouldn't work, it sparked my imagination and I think the process taught me more about self-learning than anything I was taught at school. [1] https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxv0SsvibDMTYkFJbUswOHFQclE/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxv0SsvibDMTYkFJbUswOHFQclE...