But would you say the net outcome of this process was a loss or a win for you personally? I mean, I for one never played Monopoly with a computer and yet my per

But would you say the net outcome of this process was a loss or a win for you personally? I mean, I for one never played Monopoly with a computer and yet my perception of the game has certainly changed - not because of technology but because I'm an adult now. I think our stance towards everything always evolves. In return, you were able to find a new interest through this irk: programming. And I think being passionate about something is what's required to become really good at something, so the fact that your chess playing started to make you think more and deeper about programming was certainly beneficially for the latter.