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I've tried teaching myself C at age 10-11 in order to do embark on creating a Heroes of Might and Magic clone with Incas, because. Never got besides the paper planning. Didn't have a computer yet then, had to time-share on my dad's from his office. Was getting in late to try things.

In high school I was extremely lucky to have an amazing teacher that taught us C++ by throwing away the standard state-provided manual (this was Romania) and using her own methods, problems and curricula.

Next, coding interactive visualisations kept me going (there were cool enough to attract attention of well, umm... girls. I was a teenager, mind you). My high school graduation project was a 3d engine coded up from scratch in actionscript.

I took a break for two years while studying architecture, but then discovered all the amazing things you can do with space, geometry, networks and code. I am still discovering new avenues. I'm am a fully licensed architect (read buildings, not software) yet I now find myself coding all the time.