I learned to read because of Asterix & Obelix comics and my big sister's keen sense for an efficient bargain. She and I had a chore roster. We complained bitte

I learned to read because of Asterix & Obelix comics and my big sister's keen sense for an efficient bargain. She and I had a chore roster. We complained bitterly. We loathed every second. We bickered over the exchange rate of dish washing and dish drying. My sister struck on a brilliant scheme: in exchange for giving me the chores she didn't like, she would read me the comics that our father had collected. Since I didn't like doing her chores, I started paying attention to what she said as she moved across the page. After a while I had grasped enough to do it without her. I guess, looking back, this was a sign of my fate as software engineer: I worked hard to be lazy.