I took my first programming class when I was eight years old, at a night class that my granddad wanted to take at the local community college. He took me along

I took my first programming class when I was eight years old, at a night class that my granddad wanted to take at the local community college. He took me along with him after I badgered him. It was 1978. The school only had one computer, and no one in the class had their own. We wrote BASIC programs on paper, handed them in, and the instructor entered them, ran the program, and let us know the results afterwards. Up until college, I had a habit of writing programs on paper first. I'd forgotten how well that worked for focusing the mind. This is a great reminder.