Personally for me, the home computer came at just the right time. As a teenager I was a hopeless student and really had no direction other than an interest in c

Personally for me, the home computer came at just the right time. As a teenager I was a hopeless student and really had no direction other than an interest in computers. I didn't really know what that meant until I got unsupervised access to a Commodore PET in 1980 - that was the start of the software engineering adventure for me. It continues today working as a freelancer and avoiding being a "manager" :)