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Growing up before I knew anything about computers I always asked my parents if I could play on the home PC, which really equated to MSPaint time.

Others might have started off with tinkering with BASIC and whatnot but I think I'm fortunate enough that it turned out to be my gateway drug into computers anyways.

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Back in 1995 when I was about 9 my parents paid a princely sum of Rs. 500 to enroll me for 4 classes of MSPaint spread out over 1 month at a local school that had secured two personal computers with color monitors back in India. So, I guess MSPaint was my gateway drug too :-) [For comparison, I think a loaf of bread in India that time used to cost about Rs. 5.]

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