I was never much of an outdoors-type kid. I spent much of my early childhood basking in the warm, green glow of an Apple ][ monochrome display (had to be torn

I was never much of an outdoors-type kid. I spent much of my early childhood basking in the warm, green glow of an Apple ][ monochrome display (had to be torn away from it periodically and forced to go outside), and so I had to start wearing glasses in the 2nd grade. Today, my eyeglass prescription is -8.50D. Though it's at least been stable for the last 10 years or so. My mother is also a programmer and has horrible eyesight as well, but she grew up on a farm and had never even seen a computer prior to college, so maybe my myopia is mostly inherited.