I am an Iowa farm boy. Grew up with hogs and cattle, making hay and walking bean rows. My older brother went to college, showed my how to program in BASIC, got me an online account at the CAI lab which I hung on to through junior high and high school.

After a BS I went to Stanford, found they had a sucky computer situation and got a job in Silicon Valley doing OS work (CTOS). Been working startups ever since...which was '82.