I got my start with computers in 2nd or 3rd grade, in our elementary school computer lab filled with Commodore 64s running LOGO. I and one or two other kids wo

I got my start with computers in 2nd or 3rd grade, in our elementary school computer lab filled with Commodore 64s running LOGO. I and one or two other kids would get to leave the class before 'computers' early to boot up each of the glowing boxes of power, feed them their floppy discs, and load LOGO on all of them before everyone else got there. As a reward, we'd sometimes get to spend our lunch hour with them unsupervised. This led to us learning basic, finding early demoscene-like animations (that someone got from a high schooler! wow!), and typing in programs from the backs of computer magazines. I'll never forget that feeling of discovery and control - it was so empowering to be able to make this box do something that I created. Now I spend my days trying to thwart ransomware and cybercrime... sigh...