I was very fascinated by telephone books before I was 5 years old. I also knew that I wanted to work with "data" when I grew up. I was awestruck by how much inf

I was very fascinated by telephone books before I was 5 years old. I also knew that I wanted to work with "data" when I grew up. I was awestruck by how much information was in the telephone book, I just could not understand how so much data could even exist! This was the early 1980s, I had never seen a computer in my life, but possibly on TV. Not surprisingly I was intrigued by a Basic-manual when I was 9 and started writing small programs. I definitely had some drive toward... something intellectual? A very vague feeling but I know for sure my brain was already influenced in my fourth year in some way to make me like "data", and reading.