This uncannily reminds me of how I first learned to program (at ~10 years old, not 4, sadly). Growing up, at my grandparents house, we had a communal old Mac (

This uncannily reminds me of how I first learned to program (at ~10 years old, not 4, sadly). Growing up, at my grandparents house, we had a communal old Mac (running OS 7 or 8, and BeOS for a while). Being a curious kid, I would often watch my uncle play Civilization II, and I would play myself. One day, I went to observe what he was playing, and instead it was programing in FutureBASIC. It sparked my interest, and he taught me the basics. This became a lifelong hobby, and I went from learning FutureBASIC from him, to then discovering a whole world of information online, learning REALBasic and PHP next, and C, Objective-C, and more. As a teenager, I made Mac apps and websites, and eventually when the iPhone came out, mobile apps. This gave me disposable income in high school (from selling shareware) and funded my one-way ticket and move to Silicon Valley. A simple gesture like that, that sparks the right interest, can give someone an entirely different life and career.