Long before “tech” became a buzzword I caught a glimpse of the future at my New Jersey high school, which happened to be of the first schools in the state to obtain a computer.

Although it was a clunky machine by today’s standards, the experience of using a computer was electric. I remember punching code into cards and waiting for a massive printer to produce the simple word “HELLO” on green-bar paper.

It felt like I was creating art through logic...and from that moment, I was hooked.​