In spite of the fact that in high school I attempted to write a WordStar clone for the Commodore 64 and Pet 4032 in Basic, I went into Civil Engineering in university. I realized fairly early that I preferred working on computers to designing storm sewers, but I stuck with it and got the degree. My first job combined computers and civil engineering, and my second job was almost all computers, and I haven't looked back. The greatest thing about my career is that I've never stopped learning. I look at my classmates who are now Vice Presidents in prestigious engineering companies while I'm scrambling after the next contract, and I think how lucky I am.