Decisions
When I was going off to college, I thought it might be a wise decision to buy a car. I knew of a 1976 Chevy Nova 4 door that was for sale. It didn’t have AC, but had a nicely tuned 327. May dad and I took it out for a test drive. I really wanted this car. My dad said, “No.” I needed to buy a computer. I did.
The computer wasn’t that great. It was put together with parts from Computer Shopper and had a Cyrix processor. I could play Doom, Command & Conquer, and the original Warcraft on it.
I never experienced a hardware failure, but I found myself tinkering with it on an ongoing basis. Netscape was fairly new and web sites piqued my interest. Yahoo! was just getting started. Because of this computer and access to the internet, I got interested in web development which later led to me a career in the field.
In retrospect, the decision to purchase a computer was the best one that could be made. I didn’t make the decision, my dad did. Sometimes we need a little help in making decisions.
