Started programming so I could have a Dragonball Z website, back in the days of Slackware, CGI-bin's and IRC scripts. I picked up an HTML Goodies book, and a family member taught me Linux and C (though not ideal for the occasion, I learned a lot). It became a big interest of mine and I continued the journey, from Perl to SWF websites and Java applets, the days of JQuery and now React.

I really enjoy experiencing different languages and how they differ from one another, so I've studied various ones (mainly JavaScript, PHP, Python, Java, Go, C), and others I've dabbled in once every blue moon (a little C#, a pinch of assembly). Databases are also an interest, particularly MySQL and a little Cassandra. Now I'm focusing mainly on Next.js+React and Go. But many times, I've switched between languages because the times change and transitioning over to something different just made sense (Java was great while it lasted). But I suppose that comes at the cost of, "use it or lose it," to an extent anyway.

Picked up a copy of "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach" last year (highly recommended), and been chewing away at that time to time. Sometimes feels like I've spent too much time reading and not enough time doing, so might be a good goal for 2022 to dive into Keras.

I chose not to pursue programming as a career, believing I wouldn't enjoy it professionally. So I majored in psychology, but minored in computer science on the side. But upon reflection, I think there's a lot of truth in "do what you love for a living."