[munificent]

> still can’t get around the fact you quit your discipline for the lack of a better tool.

When people are at the very beginning of some path, they have almost no attachment to it and the smallest nudge one way or the other can change their course.

Think about how many people say, "If it wasn't for <random elementary school teacher> I would have never gotten into <field they became famous in>."

[filterfish]

I got into electronics, which pretty much defined my career, at 14 when I went to technical college and the only reason I chose electronics was because I wouldn't get bullied as much! I struggled with it for the first few months and after I finally "got it" I fell in love with it!

I don't work as an Electronics engineer any more but I still have a significant interest.