My introduction to computers was standing in front of a TRS-80 at a Tandy store (Australia's outlets for Radio Shack). I would visit sometimes after school and spend 15 minutes or so typing things in from the manual and adjusting them to see the effect. A few times when I went with my Dad I was hoping he would buy me one. Eventually I got the VZ200 from Dick Smith Electronics.

I ended up studying electrical engineering, really liking the notion of using digital systems to control the real world, and am a network and security consultant for my day job.