Badly Drawn Code

My love of computers began at a very young age. I have faint memories of visiting family acquaintances and being exposed to C64 Frogger, Pong, and Apple II Taipan.

In the late 80s I managed to pester my parents into buying me a second-hand IBM XT compatible PC. I didn't know it at the time — and I'm not even sure if it is true — but editing and hacking game config files and system settings were my first forays into code.

Throughout my childhood and working life, my curiosity and interest in all that computers have to offer has not waned.

It is surprising to me that I never dived into coding until recently. The perception that knowing how to code required extensive advanced mathematical knowledge seems absurd now that I have spent the last year diving into learning software development.

I feel I am finally making steady progress after initially floundering in tutorial mode. I am starting to strike out on my own, working on using code to solve work-related problems and using my nascent coding skills to attempt personal projects.

The code is far from elegant or even effective, but I am making steady progress learning and reinforcing key concepts at every misstep and refactor.