In the early 90s, we were still using some variety of Apple II. I was too young for programming, at the time. It was basically 45 minutes of Oregon Trail or Mat

In the early 90s, we were still using some variety of Apple II. I was too young for programming, at the time. It was basically 45 minutes of Oregon Trail or Math Blasters per week. I found the QBASIC interpreter on the family computer around 1994 and begged a 70s-era BASIC book of code listings. I didn't get far without instruction, but when I had a chance at programming classes in my sophomore year of high school, I jumped on it. I knew that I wanted to do something with computers when I was 8 or 10 years old. The programming classes certainly helped to start demystifying computers for me, and gave me a boost of confidence, though.