In 2001, I was 11 and started my programming career with Visual Basic 6. John Smiley book! I was obsessed with theme parks and roller coasters at that age, so

In 2001, I was 11 and started my programming career with Visual Basic 6. John Smiley book! I was obsessed with theme parks and roller coasters at that age, so I made a 'theme park' application that let you look at maps, rides, and buy tickets. Just having the basic logic of OOP down at 11 was a game changer, I started to look at the world in a new way. I felt like I could solve any problem if I could map it out on paper first.