On the other hand, I begged and pleaded with my parents for weeks to get a copy of Microsoft BASIC, and later on a modem. So not only did that lead to me being

On the other hand, I begged and pleaded with my parents for weeks to get a copy of Microsoft BASIC, and later on a modem. So not only did that lead to me being a programmer for a living, I got some negotiation skills out of it too.