> It was flat out unpopular and the only people I found that were really into it were nerdy white kids like me who somehow tricked their parents into buying a c

> It was flat out unpopular and the only people I found that were really into it were nerdy white kids like me who somehow tricked their parents into buying a computer. Indeed the seeds were sown a very long time ago. My father bought a PC with some inheritance money he had, then he immediately regretted it because I spent all my time and summer on it rather than playing sports or hanging out with friends! Back then nobody realized how in demand our field would be. By the time I started college I had already been programming.