My Journey to Now
I’ve been asked by many people how I got to where I am today. I’ve given the tl;dr version for years and have meant to write the long version for a while. This will include a lot of details that aren’t just about my tech experience, because they shaped me in ways more fundamental than, say, learning C++ did. If you only want to know my tech journey, the first section will cover that.
Small warning: I try to be as accurate as I can with when things happened but, well, it’s been a long time now. I’ll do my best to be truthful and accurate despite that!
TW for those who want it: mental illness, self-harm, drug use.
TL;DR
I grew up in a household that always had a computer, so they were always around. In kindergarten there was an Apple //e and I started learning BASIC, thanks to a book discovered in the library. I spent years writing apps in Apple BASIC and later QBASIC on my DOS PC at...