When I was in 4th grade and Mrs. Brady let me stay in from recess and play with the TI computer in the classroom. I would copy BASIC programs out of a magazine

When I was in 4th grade and Mrs. Brady let me stay in from recess and play with the TI computer in the classroom. I would copy BASIC programs out of a magazine and get a feel for how they worked. Then in 9th grade I bought a TI graphing calculator and learned BASIC on it, and then in 10th grade Mr. Stanley let me use the serial cable on it which made programming assembly feasible. When I went to college I didn’t even know computer science was a thing, so my starting major was electrical engineering. Someone told me I was stupid for not being in computer science, I said “wait, what’s that?” and the rest is history (for me). I’m not sure if much of what I’ve built is that meaningful, but it has made for a comfortable life for me and my family. Edit: the TI cable was a serial cable, not a USB cable.