I grew up on pinball. My dad would buy/fix/sell pinball machines and jukeboxes as a side hobby - and of course we'd keep some for ourselves. I absolutely LOVE

I grew up on pinball. My dad would buy/fix/sell pinball machines and jukeboxes as a side hobby - and of course we'd keep some for ourselves. I absolutely LOVED learning how these machines worked. Being able to go from a beautifully designed playing field to then flipping that up and seeing how it all worked on the underbelly. That trait of learning how things worked under hood has carried with me ever since (and as a SWE - I use it everyday!). To this day - myself and my sibs each have one of our childhood pinballs at our homes. For me its 1980 Black Knight by Williams (one of the early pinballs to have "voice" sounds). It's in our garage now. It's pretty cool to watch my kids and their friends play it. A refreshing alternative to screens IMO.