The article recounts the author's early encounters with personal computing during the mid-1970s, paralleling their journey with Bill Gates's emergence in the tech world. The author recalls their formative experiences, including the significant moment of interacting with a teletype machine, which fundamentally changed their perception of technology. Rather than pursuing a career in nuclear engineering, this interaction led to a passion for computers and innovation. The author reflects on how the advent of personal computing, exemplified by the Altair 8800, revolutionized technology from being large, inaccessible machines to personal, interactive devices that reshaped society.
This experience turned me from a would-be nuclear engineer to a pioneer in personal computing, as the Altair 8800 showed me the power of interactive machines.
Sitting at that teletype and seeing "READY" for the first time fundamentally reshaped my vision of technology, transforming my career from nuclear reactors to computers.
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