Pure passion for software. I remember going to Barnes & Noble when I was 10 years old. I saw a "Teach Yourself PHP 4 in 24 hours" book. I didn't know what PHP

Pure passion for software. I remember going to Barnes & Noble when I was 10 years old. I saw a "Teach Yourself PHP 4 in 24 hours" book. I didn't know what PHP was, but the book cover said I could make dynamic websites, and that was enough for me! I begged my mom to buy it for me and she did. I didn't have a computer to write the code on, and wouldn't for years afterward. I imagined what the code was doing in my head, based on what the book said the output would be. Back then the Internet was still young; Internet consultants didn't exist. I never thought I could make money from it. It just turned out that it was a valuable skill as the economy moved online - lucky me. I still have the crazy passion for software I did back then. Perhaps more jaded, but it's there :-)