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Discussion on: Why I became a software engineer

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Autumn Sprout

Quite similar to my own journey. I often wish I could go back and start so much younger but I just wasn't interested. Uninterested != unmotivated. I had the opportunity to take free classes while I worked for New Horizons Computer Learning Centers but the possibilities all seemed so boring. It's useless to look back and think, "What I could be doing now if I'd started with JavaScript, etc. 15 years ago" because I probably wouldn't have stayed with it without cool ideas, projects, and problems to challenge me that didn't arise until now.