The father of my (still) best friend bought a Sinclair ZX81 in 1982. After observing his attempts to get "the thing" to do whatever he had in mind I started as

The father of my (still) best friend bought a Sinclair ZX81 in 1982. After observing his attempts to get "the thing" to do whatever he had in mind I started asking questions. He soon lost his patience and handed me the BASIC manual. It took me a couple of hours to get the formatting & meaning and then it happened. Like what some people describe as love at first sight, I lost all interest in everything and everybody I had cared about, JUST wanting to spend time and dedicate my adolescent brain to coding. 40 Years later, while spending my whole working live at a desk, I've seen many colleagues with back, neck, shoulder & arm problems. I never had any issues. That was the moment I knew I was build for this work.