I never choose to be interested in computer science. It chose me, and infected the 10 year old version of me with a passion so great I mowed lawns for a couple years before I could afford my first computer. That, and reading Eric S. Raymond's 'How to Become a Hacker' scores of times, which, in turn, fueled an intense curiosity which has, with few notable exceptions, completely distracted me from whatever form of formal education I was currently involved in.
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I never chose to be interested in computer science. Instead, it infected the 10-year-old version of me with a passion great enough that I mowed lawns for nearly two years before I could afford my first computer. That, and reading Eric S. Raymond's 'How to Become a Hacker' scores of times, fueled an intense curiosity which has distracted me considerably from whatever formal education I was formally involved in.