As I was growing up I vowed I would have nothing to do with computers. My father was a programmer, and I did not want to be like him. I wanted to do stage light

As I was growing up I vowed I would have nothing to do with computers. My father was a programmer, and I did not want to be like him. I wanted to do stage lighting. I did a bit of electronics though, and one of my first jobs was helping a stage lighting company with the development of a microprocessor-controlled lighting desk. (This was in the early 80s). I discovered embedded systems and have never really looked back. An oddity, though: I still don't think of myself as someone who 'works in computers'. I happen to use computers to develop the software and hardware for the embedded systems, but if someone assumes I'm 'in IT', they get put straight very quickly.