I gamed a lot as a kid and much less as an adult, though it took a bit longer for me to put it down than you did. I'd say that video games are what got me into

I gamed a lot as a kid and much less as an adult, though it took a bit longer for me to put it down than you did. I'd say that video games are what got me into computers; I wanted to be a game developer as a child. I never really took to straight software development though; I'm more of a devops type these days, and I'm frankly a bit glad to have avoided the gaming industry because I'm not particularly happy with what it seems to have largely become. That said, there are still some smaller studios doing impressive, innovative work and it's very cool to see that.