I was 5 when I got my first computer. Only, it wasn't mine, it was my sister's. She got it as a gift on her 15th birthday. I didn't do much with it, except play a lot of games like Age of Empires 2, Need for Speed: Hot Persuit, Dungeon Siege 2, Pokemon on an emulator, and occasionally FIFA '99.
Here's proof:

Oh, this was back in Cuba by the way, before my parents and I left for the US in search of the fabled "American Dream".

During my junior year of high school, I decided to major in Computer Science. I don't know why, computers were cool I guess. However, it wasn't until my third semester in college that I truly began to enjoy what I was learning. This newfound passion was largely ignited by Professor Zhu and her Operating Systems course. Thanks Professor.

Fast forward a few years, not long after graduation, and there I was, on the hunt. On the hunt? Yes, on the hunt! We all were. We were looking for... a job. You see, I had dreams and ambitions, and had done a bit of research, and if you liked C, Operating Systems, and were curious about hardware, chances were you could fit snuggly into a firmware team somewhere, so, yeah, I was on the hunt.

Then there was a pandemic, and boy was it a big one. Luckily though, I had secured a job as a firmware engineer before it got bad. Phew. What now? I wanted to work, learn, and get gud, so that's what I did. For the next three years I broke my back, or, my brain, trying to learn as much as I could.

Fast forward a few more years and here I am, still a firmware engineer. I doubt I'll ever stop being an engineer, though now I want to start sharing what I've learned, and I want to prepare for the future.