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The 'compulsive puzzle' gene really hits home with me.

Really nails my childhood and my life - and explains why I am where I am in life.

It was never enough for me to take something (anything) for granted - I had to know how it did what it did. Whether that be by taking something apart, reading a design sheet, rebuilding something, writing code, whatever, I had to figure it out. This applies to anything from a gas pedal in my vehicle to a mechanical pencil or power lines, a module in programming, etc...

I can pick out those who share this trait from people around me at work and in life - it all makes so much more sense now.